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About Gustavus Orr
- Gustavus John Orr (August 9, 1819 – December 11, 1887) was an early proponent of the public education system of Georgia.
- His work promoting a state system of education eventually became the framework for the Georgia School Law of 1870.
- This led to his being appointed Georgia's second State Commissioner of Education in 1872, a position he held until he died in 1887.
- In this position he helped the public school system work out of a $300,000 debt incurred by his predecessor, encouraged Georgia school enrollment to grow from 49,000 in 1871 to more than 340,000 in 1887, developed a licensure system for Georgia's teachers, and founded of three Normal Schools for the development of teachers.
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