a Congregational minister, was born at Plainfield, Conn., March 20, 1802. He was a graduate of Yale College in the class of 1821. He entered the Andover Theological Seminary, Mass., in 1823, and was licensed as a Congregational minister in 1826. Though he labored in churches known as Congregational, he was a member of the Londonderry Presbytery. He died at Northampton, Mass., April 25,1866. He was an eminent scholar and a successful teacher. For many years he was principal of Phillips's Academy at Andover. See Wilson Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1867, p. 119.
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