The surname Turner is of occupational origin finding it's root in the French term "Tournier" meaning a turner of a lathe. Turner is one of those names that arrived in Britain with the Norman invasion in 1066 and quickly established itself as a common name in Britain with records dating to the 11th Century. Today Turner is the 50th most popular name in the United States and the 27th most common surname in England. Notable bearers of teh surname Turner include the English painter William Turner who was born in London in 1775 and died in London in 1851. His resting place is in St. Paul's Cathedral in central London. He left behind more than 550 oil paintings, 2,000 watercolours, and 30,000 works on paper. He was championed by the leading English art critic John Ruskin from 1840, and is today regarded as having elevated landscape painting to a high art form.

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