Beligatti Cassio an Italian Capuchin, was born at Marcerata, in 1708. He remained as missionary for eighteen years in Thibet and in the kingdom of the Great Mogul. After his return, he edited, upon the invitation of cardinal Spinelli, prefect of the Propaganda, a Thibetian Alphabet (Rome, 1773); and two grammars, one of the language of Hindostan, the other of the Sanscrit idiom. He was the co-laborer of P. Giorgi who in his celebrated work explained the MSS. found in Tartary in 1721. He died at Rome in 1791. 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