Birt, Owen Johnson an English Baptist minister, son of Rev. Caleb Birt, was born at Derby, May 30, 1821. He was converted when about seventeen years of age, and joined the Church at Broadmead, Bristol, in March, 1838. In 1839 he entered the Baptist College, in Bristol, where he remained from 1839 to 1842. In October of the latter year he was accepted by the committee of the Baptist Missionary Society for service in Ceylon. He was so feeble that he died at sea, March 14, 1844. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1844, p. 21, 22. (J.C.S.)
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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