Education
1836 -
1838(?) - Bachelor of Laws, Howard Dane Law School.
1836 -
1838(?) - Bachelor of Laws, Howard Dane Law School.
He was an American teacher, notable for running the Minns Evening Normal School, which was established in San Francisco, California, in 1857 in order to train teachers for the city"s public school system. His normal school, named the California State Normal School, was the first publicly funded institution of higher learning in the state. George Minns was principal of the school from 1857-1862 and 1865-1866.
The California State Normal School was transferred to the State of California in 1862, and is now known as San José State University.
1841 - Admitted to the Suffolk County Barometer 1854 - Arrived in California after sailing around Cape Horn aboard the clipper ship Winged Arrow.
1855 - Practiced law in San Francisco, California. 1857-1862 - Principal of Minns Evening Normal School, the predecessor of the California State Normal School, which, in turn, became San José State University, a campus of the California State University system.
June, 1865-June, 1866 - Returns to principal of the California State Normal School.
1836 - Harvard University.