Bedford, Thomas an English nonjuring clergyman, son of Hilkiah Bedford, was educated at Westminster School and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was matriculated, Dec. 9, 1730. Being a nonjuror, he never took a degree; but, going into orders in his own party, officiated among them in Derbyshire, fixing his residence at Compton, near Ashbourne. He died at Compton in Feb. 1773." He edited Simeon of Durham's De Exordio argue Procursu Durhelmensis Ecclesice (printed by subscription, 1732). He also published a Historical Catechism (2d ed. 1742). See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; 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