Bertram, Joachim Christoph a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born in 1730 at Sennen. He studied at Halle. In 1758 Franke appointed him as his amanuensis; in 1775 he was assistant librarian, and in this position, which he occupied till 1791, he prepared the catalogue of the University library. He died June 2, 1806. He edited the writings of his teacher, S. J. Baumgarten, viz.:
Erlduterungen der christlichen Alterthumer (Halle, 1768): — Ausfuhrlicher Vortrag der biblischen Hermeneutik (ibid. 1769). He also published, Geschichte des symbolischen Anhanges der Schmalkaldischen Artikel (Altdorf. 1770): — Literarische Abhandlungen (Halle, 1781-83): — Beitrag zur kritischen Geschichte der Augsburgischen Confession (ibid. 1784). See Dbring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, i,, 100 sq.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. i, 105, 329. (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