Norman Pinney (1800 - 1862)

Born 21 Oct 1800 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 1 Oct 1862 at age 61 in New Orleans, Louisiana

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Biography

Norman was born in 1800. He was the son of Butler Pinney and Eunice Griswold.

Norman Pinney was an American teacher, minister, and author.

He graduated from Yale College in 1823. In 1826 he became a tutor in Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, and in 1828, Professor of the Ancient Languages in the same institution. Pinney was admitted by Bishop Brownell to the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was the author of a well known series of text-books for instruction in the French Language.

He passed away in 1862.

Sources

• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934.

• Wikipedia. Norman Pinney.