Abicht, Johann Georg, a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Konigsee, March 10, 1672. In 1702 he was appointed professor of Hebrew at Leipsic, in 1717 he was called to Dantzic as professor and pastor; in 1730 he went to Wittenberg as professor of theology and general superintendent; and. died there, June 5, 1740. He wrote, Diss. de Confessione Privata (Gedani, 1723): — Exercitatio de Servuorum Hebrceorum Acquisitione et Servitiis (Lips. 1704 ): — Diss. de . Hebi. Accentuum Genuino Officio (ibid. 1709): — As Distincte Legendi et Interpret. V. T. (ibid. 1710). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1, 144, 459; Steinschneider, Bibliog. Handbuch, p. l. (B. P.)
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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