Bronscombe, Walter an English prelate of the 13th century, son of a poor man of Exeter, raised himself by his own industry to the bishopric of Exeter, where he built and endowed a hospital for poor people, and also founded a college at Perin, Cornwall. He instituted an annual festival to the angel Gabriel, for meeting the expenses of which he left land — a festival which never appears to have been observed outside of his own diocese. He died in 1280. See Fuller, Worthies of England (ed. Nuttall), 1:444.
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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