Background
Magnusson, Peter Magnus was born on March 4, 1865 in Angstugan, near Vexiö, Sweden. Son of of Sven and Maria Christina (Stendahl) M.
Magnusson, Peter Magnus was born on March 4, 1865 in Angstugan, near Vexiö, Sweden. Son of of Sven and Maria Christina (Stendahl) M.
Brought to America, 1868. Bachelor of Arts, Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota, 1890. Johns Hopkins, 1890-1891.
University of Minnesota, 1891-1893, Doctor of Philosophy, 1893, Bachelor of Laws, 1906, Master of Laws, 1910.
University of Michigan, 1904-1906. Admitted to Minnesota bar, 1906.
Principal of Saint Ansgar’s Academy, Minnesota, 1887-1888. Assistant in Latin and psychology, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1889-1890. Teacher of psychology and methods, State Normal School, Mayville, North Dakota, 1893-1894, State Normal School, Saint Cloud, Minnesota, 1894-1905 and 1906-1919.
President Minnesota College, Minneapolis, 1905-1906.
Democratic candidate for secretary state, Minnesota, 1906. Member Charter Commission, City of Saint Cloud, which drew up its present charter.
Author: Logical and Psychological Principles Applied to Grammar, 1893. Great Educators, 1900.
The Failure and Triumph of Jesus, 1903 Sociological Studies of The Family, 1913.
Psychology as Applied to Education, 1913. The Teachings of Christianity Our Civilization, Democracy and the War. Address: Rural Delivery Box 248, Garden Grove, California.
Member Charter Commission, City of Saint Cloud, which drew up its present charter.
Married Eugenia Lillian Crosby, of Wyckoff, Minnesota, June 11, 1896. Children: Crosby Winifred, Marion Adelaide, Howard Stendahl, Sigurd Eugene.