Barksdale, Clement, an English. clergyman, was born in 1609, and educated at Merton College, Oxford, having entered as servitor in 1625. He took holy orders, and in 1637 supplied the place of chaplain of Lincoln College at the Church of All-Saints. At the Restoration, Charles II gave him the living of Naunton, in Gloucestershire, where he remained until his death, in 1687. His publications consist chiefly of little religious tracts which were printed from time to time (164079). Besides these he published a poem, Nympha Libethris; or, The Cotswold Muse (1651). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, 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