Apel, Johann a German theologian, was born at Nuremberg in 1486. After having studied theology at the university of Wittenberg, he became canon at Wurzburg, where he married a nun in 1523, in consequence of which he was expelled. He was one of the most zealous adherents of Luther, and eagerly labored for the spreading of the Reformation. He died in 1536 at Nuremberg, where he had been, during the last years of his life, jurist of the republic and councillor of the elector of Brandenburg. He wrote, among other works, Defensiao po suo conjugia cum praefat. Lutheri (Wittenb. 1523, 4to); Brachylogus juris civilis, sive corpus legaum: a work long ascribed to the Emperor Justinian. — Hoefer, Biog. Generale, 2, 875.
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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