Boullongne, Bon a Parisian painter, the son of Louis Boullongne the elder, was born in 1649, and studied under his father. He gained the prize of the Academy by a picture of St. John, which entitled him to the royal pension, to enable him to prosecute his studies at Rome, where he remained five years. He studied the works of Correggio in Lombardy, and then returned to Paris. In 1677 he was elected a royal academician. In 1702 he painted in fresco the cupola of the chapel of St. Jerome in the Church of the Invalides. One of his best works is the Resurrection of Lazarus, in the Church of the Carthusians. He also etched a Holy Family; St. John Preaching in the Wilderness; and St.Bruno. He died in Paris, May 16, 1717. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, 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