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'''Professor John Barbee Minor''' (1813-1895) was a law professor at the [[University of Virginia]] for half a century. He taught several notable Americans, including Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds and President Woodrow Wilson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://juel.iath.virginia.edu/node/1925|title=John B. Minor & the Tensions of Mastery|last=Iverson|first=Ian|publishdate=|publisher=the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref> He is one of three faculty members who announced Charlottesville’s surrender to the Confederacy.<ref>{{Cite-progress|url=https://dailyprogress.com/entertainment/lifestyles/remembering-150th-anniversary-of-the-surrender-of-charlottesville-uva-to-troops-under-custer-and-sheridan/article_35fc40d0-be04-11e4-82e8-ebb5688788cb.html|title=Remembering 150th anniversary of the surrender of Charlottesville, UVa to troops under Custer and Sheridan|author=David A. Maurer|publishdate=March 1, 2015|accessdate=August 22, 2022}}</ref> Minor Hall on UVA Grounds is named for him. (bov) | '''Professor John Barbee Minor''' (1813-1895) was a law professor at the [[University of Virginia]] for half a century. He taught several notable Americans, including Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds and President Woodrow Wilson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://juel.iath.virginia.edu/node/1925|title=John B. Minor & the Tensions of Mastery|last=Iverson|first=Ian|publishdate=|publisher=the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref> He is one of three faculty members who announced Charlottesville’s surrender to the Confederacy.<ref>{{Cite-progress|url=https://dailyprogress.com/entertainment/lifestyles/remembering-150th-anniversary-of-the-surrender-of-charlottesville-uva-to-troops-under-custer-and-sheridan/article_35fc40d0-be04-11e4-82e8-ebb5688788cb.html|title=Remembering 150th anniversary of the surrender of Charlottesville, UVa to troops under Custer and Sheridan|author=David A. Maurer|publishdate=March 1, 2015|accessdate=August 22, 2022}}</ref> Minor Hall on UVA Grounds is named for him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=2006_07/uvaGenText/tei/bov_19111114.xml;query=minor%20hall;brand=default|title=Board of Visitors minutes: November 14, 1911|last=Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia|first=|publishdate=|publisher=University of Virginia Library|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 2, 2022}}</ref> (bov) | ||
Minor was born in Louisa County. He studied at Kenyon College in Ohio before returning to the University of Virginia for his law degree. He graduated in 1834, and practiced law for several years before becoming UVA’s Professor of Law in 1845, when he was thirty-two years old. After 1851, when increased attendance forced the department to hire more staff, Minor began to specialize in common law and statute law.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gXwyAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA356&lpg=PA356#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=University of Virginia: Its History, Influences and Characteristics. Volume 1.|last=Barringer, M.D.|first=Paul Brandon|last2=Garnett, M.A., L.L.D.|first2=James Mercer|publishdate=1904|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 2, 2022|last3=Page|first3=Roswell}}</ref> | Minor was born in Louisa County. He studied at Kenyon College in Ohio before returning to the University of Virginia for his law degree. He graduated in 1834, and practiced law for several years before becoming UVA’s Professor of Law in 1845, when he was thirty-two years old. After 1851, when increased attendance forced the department to hire more staff, Minor began to specialize in common law and statute law.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gXwyAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA356&lpg=PA356#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=University of Virginia: Its History, Influences and Characteristics. Volume 1.|last=Barringer, M.D.|first=Paul Brandon|last2=Garnett, M.A., L.L.D.|first2=James Mercer|publishdate=1904|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 2, 2022|last3=Page|first3=Roswell}}</ref> | ||
Minor is buried in the University of Virginia Cemetery. | |||
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/architecture-at-uvas-law-school_b_595e7663e4b0cf3c8e8d5705 | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/architecture-at-uvas-law-school_b_595e7663e4b0cf3c8e8d5705 | ||
Revision as of 14:44, 2 August 2022
Professor John Barbee Minor (1813-1895) was a law professor at the University of Virginia for half a century. He taught several notable Americans, including Supreme Court Justice James Clark McReynolds and President Woodrow Wilson.[1] He is one of three faculty members who announced Charlottesville’s surrender to the Confederacy.[2] Minor Hall on UVA Grounds is named for him.[3] (bov)
Minor was born in Louisa County. He studied at Kenyon College in Ohio before returning to the University of Virginia for his law degree. He graduated in 1834, and practiced law for several years before becoming UVA’s Professor of Law in 1845, when he was thirty-two years old. After 1851, when increased attendance forced the department to hire more staff, Minor began to specialize in common law and statute law.[4]
Minor is buried in the University of Virginia Cemetery.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/architecture-at-uvas-law-school_b_595e7663e4b0cf3c8e8d5705
https://digitalhistory.law.virginia.edu/person/john-barbee-minor
References
- ↑ Web. John B. Minor & the Tensions of Mastery, the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
- ↑ Web. Remembering 150th anniversary of the surrender of Charlottesville, UVa to troops under Custer and Sheridan, David A. Maurer, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, March 1, 2015, retrieved August 22, 2022.
- ↑ Web. Board of Visitors minutes: November 14, 1911, University of Virginia Library, retrieved August 2, 2022.
- ↑ Web. University of Virginia: Its History, Influences and Characteristics. Volume 1., Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, retrieved August 2, 2022.
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