Bacoue, Leon a French prelate, was born at Casteljaloux, in Lower Guienne, in 1608. He abjured the Protestant faith, in which he had been brought up, became a Recollect, and in 1672 was created bishop of Glandeve, whence, in 1686, he was translated to Pamiers, where he died, Jan. 13, 1694. He was the only converted Huguenot raised to the episcopate in the reign of Louis XIV. He wrote a Latin poem on the Education of a Prince (Toulouse, 1670), and some other works. See Biographie Universelle, iii, 192.
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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