a learned reformed divine, was born at Emden, in Friesland, Feb. 17, 1583. In 1612 he went over into England with the electoral prince palatine; when he returned to Germany he was appointed professor of theology at Heidelberg. He was one of the deputies to the synod of Dort. After the sacking of Heidelberg by Tilly he retired to Emden, and afterward to Groningen, where he became professor in 1627, and died Aug. 25, 1644. Among his works are, Methodus Theologioe didacticae (Amst. 1650):, — Scriptorum Theologicorum Heidelbergensium (3 vols. 4to, Amst. 1646): — Exegesis logica et theologica Augustanet Confessionis (Amst. 1647, 4to): — Theologia problematica nova (Amst. 1662, 4to): — Theologia historica (Ibid. 1664): — Theologia elenctica nova (Basle, 1679, 4to). — Bayle, Dictionary, s.v.; Hoefer, Biog. Generale, 2, 234.
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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