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Blinn
* Alice Blinn (April 18, 1889 – January 20, 1982) was an American educator, home efficiency expert, and magazine editor *Christian Blinn, namesake of th Blinn College * Clara Blinn (1847 – 1868), American settler *Edmund Blinn of Edmund Blinn House * Genevieve Blinn Canadian actress * George Blinn Francis (August 12, 1883 – May 20, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from New York. * Henry Clay Blinn (July 16, 1824 – April 1, 1905) was an American Shaker leader, writer, and artist * Holbrook Blinn (January 23, 1872 - 1928) was an American stage and film actor. * James Andrus Blinn Stone (1810–1888) was a minister, professor, and school administrator * Jarvis Blinn (July 28, 1836 - September 17, 1862), American military commander * Jim Blinn * William Blinn (July 21, 1937 – October 22, 2020) was an American screenwriter and television producer See also * *Blin (surname) Blin is a surname of uncertain, possibly French, origin.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=blin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blinn College
Blinn College is a public junior college in Brenham, Texas, with additional campuses in Bryan, Schulenburg, Sealy, and Waller. Brenham is Blinn's original and main campus, with housing and athletics. History Blinn was founded in 1884 as Mission Institute by local minister Carl Urbantke with an original class of three ministerial students. It was affiliated with the Southern German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and became coeducational in 1888. In 1889, the institute's name was changed to Blinn Memorial College in honor of the Reverend Christian Blinn, who had donated a considerable sum of money to make the school possible. Blinn was a wealthy minister and immigrant from Germany, who funded several German Methodist efforts, including the building of the Blinn Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church in New York City. In 1927, the board of trustees, under leadership of President Philip Deschner, organized a junior college. In 1930, Blinn merged with Southwestern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
