Bel (Or Belius), Matthias, a Lutheran theologian and historian, was born at Otsova, in Hungary, March 24, 1684. He studied at Halle, and, after his return to his native country, he obtained the position of rector of the Protestant schools at Neusohl. He afterwards became historiographer of the emperor Charles VI. He died Aug. 29, 1749, being at the time a member of the London, Berlin, and St. Petersburg academies of sciences. His works, published in the Bohemian language, represent the translations of Arndt, Thomas Kempis, and other asceticalworks. He likewise prepared a translation of the N.T. He also wrote, in Latin, Prodromus fungarics Antiques et Hodiernem (Nuremberg, 1723): — Notitia Hungarics Novas Historico-geographica (Vienna, 1735-42): — De Vetere Litteratura Hunno-Scythica Exercitatio (Leipsic, 1718): — Amplissime Historico-critica Prsefationes in Scriptores' Rerum Hungaricarum. See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten - Lexikon, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B. P.)
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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