Samuel Maunder was an English writer and composer of many works. He married a sister of William Pinnock

William Pinnock

William Pinnock was a British publisher and educational writer.He was at first a schoolmaster, then a bookseller. In 1817 he went to London and, in partnership with Samuel Maunder, began to publish cheap educational works...

, the author of numerous catechisms and educational works. Maunder was the author of several books.

Life

He belonged to a Devon

Devon

Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...

 family settled near Barnstaple. His sister married William Pinnock, the well-known projector of the educational Catechisms, which were published in eighty-three parts between 1837 and 1849. Maunder took part in their preparation, although only Pinnock's name appears on their title-page. The two were also partners in a publishing business in London, and published for two or three years the Literary Gazette

Literary Gazette

The Literary Gazette was a British literary magazine, established in London in 1817 with its full title being The Literary Gazette, and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences. Sometimes it appeared with the caption title, "London Literary Gazette". It was founded by the publisher Henry Colburn,...

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Under his own name Maunder compiled and issued numerous dictionaries, chiefly for educational purposes. He died at his house in Gibson Square, Islington

Islington

Islington is a neighbourhood in Greater London, England and forms the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is a district of Inner London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street...

, on 30 April 1849.

Works

• The Scientific and Literary Treasury (London 1843)
• Treasury of Natural History (London 1852)
• The biographical treasury, a dictionary of universal biography (London 1854)
• The History of the World: Comprising a General History, Both Ancient and Modern, of All the ..., Volume I Volume II (New York 1856-1862)
• The treasury of knowledge and library of reference (London 1859)
• Treasury of History (London 1864)
• "Universal Class Book"

External links

• John Eadie
  John Eadie
  John Eadie was a Scottish theologian and biblical critic.-Life:He was born at Alva, in Stirlingshire. Having taken the arts curriculum at the University of Glasgow, he studied for the ministry at the Divinity Hall of the Secession Church, a dissenting body which, on its union a few years later...
  
   & John Francis Waller
  John Francis Waller
  John Francis Waller was an Irish poet and editor.He was born at Limerick, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was called to the Irish Bar in 1833...
  
  , The Imperial dictionary of universal biography: a series of original memoirs of distuingished men (London 1863), vol. III, p. 350

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