Bischoff Melchior a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Possneck, May-20, 1547. In 1570 he was deacon in his native city, but in 1574 he was deposed of his office because he would not subscribe to the articles of the Wittenberg theologians. He then acted for some time as pastor at Jekenheimn and Thundorf, alnd after the fall of the Philippists (q.v.), in 1585, he was again permitted to return to his native place. In 1590, duke Johann Casimir appointed him courtpreacher at Coburg, where he died, Dec. 19, 1614. Besides sermons and ascetic works, he wrote some hymns, which are still found in German hymn-books. See Freher, Theatrum Virorum Eruditorum Clarorum (Norib. 1688); Wezel, Hymnopoographia (Herrnstadt, 1719), vol. 1; id. Anal. Hymnol. I, 3, 7; Koch, Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes, 1, 266 sq. (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