Brown, William Shrieve an English Baptist minister, was born at Swaffham, Norfolk, September 5, 1802. He gave his heart to God and was baptized July 21, 1822, and removed to Bury St. Edmunds in the autumn of 1825. He began to preach in 1833, and labored about two years at Bardwell, in Suffolk. He was recognised as pastor of the Church at Attleborough, Norfolk, January 7, 1836, where he labored with great success for about thirty-eight years. He retired from the active work at the close of 1873, and died January 13, 1874. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1875, page 275.
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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