Pinnock

Pinnock, WILLIAM (1782-1843), who is famous in the educational world as the originator of the formerly well-known catechisms which bear his name. To Samuel Maunder (q.v.), his brother-in-law, he was chiefly indebted for the production of these catechisms, which finally extended to 12 volumes, or 83 separate parts. Histories of England, Greece, and Rome ran through more than a hundred editions.—His son, WILLIAM HENRY PINNOCK, LL.D. (1813-85), vicar of Pinner, studied at Cambridge, and wrote on church law and church history.