Barrow, William LL.D., was born in Yorkshire about 1754, and was educated at Queen's College, Oxford. In 1814 he was made prebendary of Southwell, and shortly afterward vicar of Farnsfield. In 1829 he was made archdeacon of Nottingham, which office he held till his death in 1836. He published Eight Sermons on the Bampton Lecture (Lond. 1799, 8vo): — Familiar Sermons on Doctrines and Duties (Lond. 3 vols. 8vo). — Darling, Cycl. Bibliogr. 1:185.
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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