Bradford, John an English martyr in the reign of Mary, was born in Manchester, Lancashire. He was bred a lawyer in Inns of Court, and went to Cambridge a man of maturity and ability, the university by special grace conferring on him the degree of master of arts; his writings and disputings give a sufficient testimony of his learning. "He was a most holy and mortified man, who secretly in his closet would so weep for his sins one would have thought he would never have smiled again; and then appearing in public, he would be so harmlessly pleasant one would think he never wept before." He was martyred in 1555. See Fuller, Worthies of England (ed. Nuttall), 2, 193.
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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