Axonius, Joachim a theologian, jurist, and poet of Brabant, was preceptor of Philip of Lalaing, and travelled in Italy, Spain, Palestine, and Greece. He then retired to Antwerp, where he became an attache of the council of archdukes. - He died Aug. 25,1605. He wrote, De Libero Hominis Arbitrio:-De Ventorum Natura ex Aristotele aliisque Philosophis:-Maximi Planudis Oratio in Sepulchrun Christi (Dillingen, 1559):Dibat du Corps et de Ame, et Jugement de Dieu qui le Termine (a dialogue of the Greek philosopher Gregory Palamas, published at Lyons in Latin and at Paris in Greek), and other works. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
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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