Bremond, Antoine a French theologian and historian of the Dominican order, was born at' Cassy, in Provence, in 1692. In 1716 he was sent as missionary to Martinique, but was obliged, on account of his health, to return to Rome, where he confined himself to the publication of the Bullaire de l'Ordres de Saint Dominique, which appeared from 1729 to 1740. He was appointed in 1748 general of his order, and died in 1755. He wrote, De Germana Stirpe Sancti Dominici (ibid. 1740): — De Illustr. Viris Petro Martyre Sansio et Francisco Serrano. et aliis in Fokienna Provincia Martyribus (ibid. 1753): — Annaliun Ordinis Praedicatorum Volumen Primum (ibid. 1756). 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