an English clergyman, was born Jan. 22,1751, and educated at Westminster School, and at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was presented to the vicarage of St. Giles, Reading, in 1774, and soon after to the rectory of Chelsea. He spent the greater part of his life at St. Giles in faithful and successful ministerial labors. He died Jan. 18, 1797. His publications consist of several single sermons; and after his death appeared Discourses, Letters, and Memoirs of his Life,. by Richard Cecil, M.A. (1798). See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Diet. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More