Barzena, Alfonso, a Spanish Jesuit, surnamed "the Apostle of Peru," was born in 1528 at Cordova. He was a disciple of John of Avila, and went to Peru. He acquired the languages of Tucuman and of Paraguay, and devoted his life to the instruction of the natives. He died at Cuzco in January, 1598. Besides his Catechisms and some small ascetic treatises, he wrote, Lexica et Prcecepta Grammatica, item Liber Confessionis et Precum, in quinque Indorum Linguis, quaerum Usus per Aericam Australem, nempe Puguinica, Tenocotica, Catamarcana, Guaranica, Natixana, sive Moguazana (Lima, 1590), a very rare book, reputed to be the first published in Peru. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 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