a Universalist minister, grand-nephew of Hosea Ballou, Sr., the Universalist patriarchwas born at Halifax,Vt., Oct. 18, 1796. In 1815 he became pastor at Stafford, Conn., and subsequently at Roxbury and Medford, Mass. In 1853 he became president of Tufts College, Somerville, Mass., and entered upon his duties in 1855. In 1822 he became one of the editors of the Universalist Magazine (now The Trumpet), and in 1832 assisted his uncle in establishing the Universalist Expositor (subsequently the Universalist Quarterly). He published, The Ancient History of Universalism (1829): — an edition of Sismondi's History of the Crusades (1833): — and a Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families (1837). He died at Somerville, May 27, 1861.
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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