Basseporte, Madaleine Francoise, a French painter, was born in Paris, Sept. 5, 1700, and studied under the famous Robert. In 1732 she succeeded Obriette as painter of natural history in the Royal Gardens, with a salary of one hundred pistoles a year. Her chief works are, The Mdrtyrdom of St. Fidelio de Sigmaringa, after Robert: — Diana and Endymnion, after a design of Sebastiano Conca. She died about 1780. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; 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