Buck, Johann Christian a Lutheran theologian of Germany was born April 11, 1672, at Grifenheinichen, near Wittenberg. He studied at Wittenberg and Leipsic, was in 1700 preacher, and in 1712 superintendent at Torgau; in 1715 he was made doctor of theology, and in 1723 first court-preacher at Dresden. where he died, October 19. He wrote De ἀρχοντομαχίᾷ Circa Sacra, de ποδολατρείᾷ Romani Pontificis; de anno Hebraeorum Jubilaeo. See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Ranft, Lehen der chursachsischen Gottesgelehrten; Gleich, Annales Ecclesiastici. (B.P.)
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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