Blanchet, Thomas a French painter, was born in Paris in 1617. He went to Rome and studied under Andrea Sacchi. After some years he returned to Paris, and painted the Vision of St. Philip, and the Baptism of the Eunuch, for the Church of Notre Dame; also some works for the town-house at Lyons, which stamped him as one of the ablest French historical painters of the day. He died at Lyons in 1689. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; 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