a Scotch clergyman, was licensed to preach in 1769; presented to the living of Ceres in 1770; elected presbytery clerk in 1777; resigned in 1792; was appointed professor of divinity in the new college of St. Andrews in 1799; minister of Kingsbarns in 1800, but opposed on account of already holding one important office; the General Assembly of 1800 approved of the double appointment. He died July 2, 1808, aged sixty-three years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 2:444, 478.
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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