Broadbent, John an English Wesleyan preacher, was born near Leeds, Yorkshire, in 1751. He was converted young, and entered the ministry in 1772. He was lively and fervent in preaching, and having naturally a weak constitution, he frequently so exhausted himself as to be ready to drop down when the sermon was concluded. A short time before his death he settled in Frome, Somersetshire. He died November 10, 1794, aged forty-three years. "Those who knew him best, knew but in part the goodness and greatness of his heart." He prayed with Wesley in his (Wesley's) last moments, and signed the circular announcing his death. See Atmore, Meth. Memorial, s.v.; Smith, Hist. of Wesl. Methodism, 1:580; 2:200.
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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