Barkey, Nicolaus a German theologian, father of the preceding, was born Sept. 11, 1709. In 1732 he was vicar at Middelburg, and in 1754 was called to Bremen as pastor of St. Stephen's, and professor of theology at the gymnasium there. In 1765 he went to The Hague as pastor of the German Congregation, where he died after 1778. He wrote, Disputatio Inauguralis ad Psalm xviii (Griningen, 1754): — Oratio Inauguralis de Admnirabili Operum Divinorum Harmonica (Bremen, 1755): — Disp. in aliquot Loca ex Prioribus Actorum Apost. Capitibus (ibid. 1766). He also edited the Nova Bibli. Bremensis, Bibli. Hagana, and Museum Haganum. See Meusel, Gelehrtes Deuts.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.)
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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