an eminent English Independent minister, was born at Leith, near Edinburgh, August 24, 1808. He graduated while young from the High School of Edinburgh and the University of St. Andrews, and in 1828 was appointed classical tutor in the Lancashire College, then located at Blackburn, but subsequently removed to Manchester. He had expected to study medicine, but having been religiously educated, he officiated in a small chapel in Wales, whither he had retired for his health, and subsequently in Newington Chapel, Liverpool. After a course of study at the German universities, he accepted the pastorate of the North-College Church, Edinburgh, in 1835. In 1854 he was appointed professor of theology in the Scottish Theological Hall, in 1861 examiner in philosophy at St. Andrew's University, but resigned these positions at the close of 1882. He died December 20, 1883.. Dr. Alexander was noted no less as a preacher than as a scholar. He was a member of the Old-Test. company of the Bible Revision Committee, and the author of numerous Biblical and theological works, the principal of which are the Congregational Lectures for 1840 (new ed. 1853): — Anglo-Catholicism not Apostolical (1843): — Christ and Christianity (1854): — Life of Dr. Wardlaw (1856): — Christian Thought and Work (1862): — St. Paul at Athens, and many articles in the reviews and cyclopedias, besides editing the third edition of Kitto's Cyclopaedia. See (Lond.) Cong. Yearbook, 1886, page 146; Allibone, Dict. 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