Alzog, Johann a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born at Ohlau, Silesia, in 1808. He studied at Breslau and Bonn; received holy orders. at Cologne in 1834; was made doctor of theology at Munster in 1835; the same year he was appointed professor at the Clerical Seminary in Posen; in 1845 he was called to Hildersheim; and he died at Freiburg, March 1, 1878, where he had been laboring since 1853. He wrote, Universalgeschichte der christl. Kirche (Mentz, 1841; 9th ed. 1859 and often; Engl. transl. by Pabisch and Bryne): — Manual of Universal Church History (Cincinnati, 1874), vol. i and ii: — Grundriss der Patrologie (Freiburg, 1866). (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