Ashworth, Caleb an English -Dissenting minister, was born in Northamptonshire in 1709. He served an apprenticeship to a carpenter; but having a taste for learning he was sent to the academy kept by Dr. Doddridge. He was afterwards ordained minister of a Dissenting congregation at Daventry; and succeeded Dr. Doddridge as president of the academy, a post which he held with eminent success for twenty-three years. He died at Daventry in 1774. He published three Funeral Sermons on the deaths of Dr. Watts, Mr. Floyd, and Mr. Clark also a Collection of Tunes and Anthems : a Hebrew Grammar: and an Introduction to Plane Trigonometry.
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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