Such discoveries are thrilling, but they probably wouldn’t have surprised Charles Henry Turner, who died a century ago, in 1923.

Although his name is barely known today, Charles Henry Turner was a pioneer in studying bees and should be considered among the great entomologists of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Turner was born in Cincinnati in 1867, where he was the valedictorian of his high school class. In 1886 he began studying biology at the University of Cincinnati.

As she heard the book being read about Charles Henry Turner, six-year-old Isla Smith’s eyes were as wide as her adorable afro puffs. With each new bit of information revealed in “Buzzing with ...

Charles Henry Turner was a Midwestern biologist and zoologist who specialized in comparative psychology and animal behavior. He was the first African American Psychologist and the first African ...

A mock-up of a 44-cent U.S. postage stamp commemorating Charles Henry Turner. This design was created for educational purposes by psychologist Charles Abramson and his student Charles Miskovsky.

Bria Wright reads a book about pioneering African American scientist Charles Henry Turner to her second grade class at Hortons Creek Elementary School in Cary in May 2021. Casey Toth ctoth ...