Biver (Or Bivero) Pedro De a Spanish theologian, was born in Madrid in 1572. He entered the order of Jesuits, and was first professor of rhetoric, then of philosophy and theology. In 1616 he became teacher of the children Albert and Isabella, who governed the Netherlands, and resorted to Brussels with them. He died at Madrid, while rector of the college, April 26, 1656. He wrote, Emblemata in Psalmuim Miserere Sacrum Sanctuarium Crucis, et Patientia Crucifixorum et Crucigerorum, Emblemat. Inaginib. Ornatum, etc. (Antwerp, 1634): — Sacsum Oratoriumn Piarumn Inmaginum Inmmaculates Marice, etc.: — Ars Nova Bene Vivendi et Moriendi, Sacris Piarum Imaginum Emblematibus Figurata et Illustrata (ibid. 1634). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
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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