Allen, David Oliver D.D., a Congregational minister and missionary, was born Sept. 14, 1799, at Barre, Mass. He graduated at Amherst College, in 1823, studied theology in Andover Theological Seminary, 1824-27, went, with his wife, as missionary to India in 1827. In 1844 he took charge of the printing establishment in Bombay, employing at that time one hundred persons. He published several tracts in the Mahratta language, and superintended a revised and corrected edition of the whole Scriptures in that language. He returned, on account of enfeebled health, to America in June, 1853, and published in 1856 a "History of India, Ancient and Modern." He was a member of the "Royal Asiatic Society" and the "American Oriental Society.'" He died in Lowell, July 17, 1863.
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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