Bird, Thomas Fairfoot an English Congregational minister, was born at Blyth, Northumberland, in 1843. He emigrated to Australia with his parents at the age of fourteen. He entered the Wesleyan ministry in 1865. In 1870 he went to Tasmania and officiated on the New Norfolk Circuit, but while there left the Wesleyans and joined the Congregationalists. In 1872 he accepted an invitation to the pastorate at Collingwood, and was inducted in February, 1873. Here he remained pastor until his death, April 24, 1876. Mr. Bird had great originality and breadth of mental view, and was a valuable contributor to the secular and religious press. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1877, p. 346.
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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