Bere (or Ber), Louis a Swiss Catholic theologian, was born at Basle at the close of the 15th century. In 1526 he was a doctor in theology at Paris, and one of the four presidents of the conferences upon religion held at Baden. He retired to Fribourg when the Protestants held control at- Basle, and there died, April 14, 1554. He wrote, De Christiana Prceparatione ad Mortem (Basle, 1551): — Quorumdam Psalmorum Expositio (ibid. eod.): — Num quid Christiano Homini Ingruente Pestilentia Funere Licet (ibid. eod.). 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