Beschi Constantino Giuseppe an Italian missionary of the Jesuit order, landed in 1700 in the city of Goa, learned the Tamouli language, the Sanscrit, Telougan, Hindustan, and Persian, and attained the dignity of divan or counsellor of Shenda-Sahib, nabob of Trichinopoly. He founded two churches, and applied himself diligently to the conversion of the idolaters, with great success. In 1740, Morary Rao, at the head of the Mahrattas, having conquered Trichinopoly, and made Shenda-Sahib prisoner, Beschi fled to Holland. He died in 1742. He published Grammatica LatinoTamulica (1738; new ed. 1813; also in English, Madras, 1822). 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