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Tanner, George Clinton

educattor, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 21, 1834, in West Greenwich, R. I. He received his education at the Plainfield academy and the Brown university, from which latter institution he graduated in 1857. In 1857-58 he was principal of graded schools in Winona, Minn.; in 1858-67 he was instructor in classics in the schools of the Bishop Seabury mission, and headmaster; and in 1867-87 he was rector of St. Paul's church of Owatana. In 1872-87 he was superintendent of schools for Steele county; and since 1887 has been chaplain at the Shattuck school of Faribault, Minn. During these thirty years he has been actively engaged in laying the foundations of church and educational work. He is the author of the History of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota; and registrar and historian of the diocese of Minnesota.