John Mosely Turner

John Mosely Turner
Born 15 June 1856
Mitcham, London, England
Died 21 March 1968
(aged 111 years, 280 days)
Tottenham, London, England

John Mosely Turner (15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968)[1] was a British supercentenarian and the oldest recognised living person for more than two years, after the death of Hannah Smith in January 1966.[2] Turner is the first British man verified to reach the age of 110.[1]

Born in Mitcham, Turner worked as a silk print cutter and was a teetotaller. He became blind at the age of 73.[3] Turner died at his home in Tottenham in 1968 at the age of 111 years, 280 days.

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  1. 1 2 Validated supercentenarians who lived and/or died in the UK The Gerontology Research Group
  2. ↑ "Mr John Turner". The Times. 23 March 2008. p. 10.
  3. ↑ "Grapes at 111". The Times. 3 April 1967. p. 10.


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