TURNER, Samuel Hulbeart, clergyman, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 23 January, 1790; died in New York city, 21 December, 1861. He entered the University of Pennsylvania, was graduated in 1807, studied for the ministry in the Episcopal church for three years under Bishop White's direction, and was ordained deacon in St. Paul's church, Philadelphia, 27 January, 1811, by Bishop White, and priest in 1814 by the same bishop. He accepted a call to the Episcopal church in Chestertown, Maryland, and served in that post in 1812-'17. He was appointed superintendent of the theological school in Philadelphia in 1818, and had Alonzo Potter (afterward bishop of Pennsylvania) as his first pupil. At the close of the same year he was appointed professor of historic theology in the General theological seminary of the Episcopal Church, toward establishing and endowing which efforts were then and subsequently made to good purpose. In 1820 the institution was removed to New Haven, Connecticut, but at the close of 1821 it was brought back again to New York city. The seminary was reorganized and Dr. Turner was appointed professor of biblical learning and interpretation of Holy Scriptures. He occupied this post until the time of his death. In 1830 he was appointed professor of the Hebrew language and literature in Columbia college, but there was little or no call for active service at anytime. The professor delivered in 1831 a course of three lectures on the Hebrew language, which were afterward printed. Dr. Turner was always a diligent student, especially in his own department, and published a large number of works in the way of scripture exposition and in defence of his views of theology and church principles. They include " Notes on the Epistle to the Romans" (New York, 1824: enlarged ed., 1853); " Companion to the Book of Genesis " (1841) ; " Biographical Notices of the Most Distinguished Jewish Rabbis" (1847) ; " Essay on our Lord's Discourse at Capernaum, in St. John's Gospel, with Strictures on Cardinal Wiseman's Lectures on the Real Presence" (1851): "Thoughts on the Origin, Charae-ter, and Interpretation of Scripture Prophecy" (1852); " St. Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews, Greek and English, with Commentary " (1852); " Epistle to the Ephesians, with Commentary" (1856); " Epistle to the Galatians, with Commentary" (1856) ; and "Spiritual Things compared to Spiritual" (1859). In conjunction with Reverend Dr. William R. Whittingham, he translated '" Jahn's Introduction to the Old Testament" (1827) and " Introduction to Sacred Philology and Interpretation, by Dr. Gottlieb J. Planck" (1834). He published also various sermons on special occasions, tractates, articles in reviews, etc. Shortly after his death was published " Autobiography of Samuel H. Turner, D. D." (New York, 1863).