Beyer, Hartmann a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, September 30, 1516. He studied at Wittenberg under Luther and Melanchthon. In 1545 he was called to his native place as preacher. At that time Calvinism flourished at Frankfort, and yet Beyer at last succeeded in founding a Lutheran Church in 1554. Not only against the Calvinists, but also against the Romani Catholics, Beyer showed his dislike. His sermons) comprising forty-nine volumes, are still preserved in the city library at Frankfort. He died August 11, 1577. See Steiss, in Herzog's Real- Encyklop. 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