Boethius, Jacob a Swedish theologian and scholar, was born at Kila-Sockn in 1647. He was successively professor of theology at Upsal, and pastor of Mora in Dalecarlia. He wrote a memorial against the unlimited power which Charles XI had introduced. He was arrested and condemned to perpetual imprisonment in the fortress of Noteborg. The Russians rescued him in 1702, but he was again imprisoned until 1710. He died at Vesteras in 1718. He wrote, De Orthographia Lingua Succance Tractatus: — Murensius Bilinguis: — Epitome Logicce Aurivilli: — some dissertations. 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