an English prelate, was born at Acton, Suffolk, August 24, 1816. He graduated from Queen's College, Cambridge, in 1841; became curate of Sapcote the same year; of St. Giles's, Reading, in 1843; at the parish church of Clapham in 1845; incumbent of St. John's, in the same place, the same year; rector of St. Giles-in-the-Fields in 1851, canon residentiary of Salisbury in 1854, and bishop of Ripon in 1856, in which office he died, April 15, 1884. He published, Bible Landmarks ( 1850 ): — Lent Lectures (1851), besides sermons and charges.
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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