This was thanks to the work of James Turner who had been a pupil at the school and then after university joined the staff as chemistry master.
In 1798, Turner was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons; he served there from 1799 to 1800, and served in the North Carolina Senate from 1801 to 1802.
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In addition to Bloomsbury, he owned a second home, "Oakland," in present-day Vance County.
Turner was the son of Albert Edward Mann Turner of Anston, Yorkshire.
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April (Rose) Derleth became president of Arkham House in 2002, having appointed Peter Ruber as her consulting editor and the successor to James Turner.
Born in South Melbourne, the son of a church musician – organist at St Paul's Cathedral – and a warehouseman, Walter James Turner, and a woman of long golden hair, Alice May (née Watson), he was educated at Carlton State School, Scotch College and the Working Men's College.