Bunel, Jacques an eminent French painter, was born at Blois in 1558, studied at Rome under Federigo Zucchero, and died about 1620. He was appointed one 4)f the painters to the king, and executed some very important work for the palaces. Among his best works -is a fine picture of the Descent of the Holy Ghost, and above all his celebrated picture of the Assumption of .the Virgin, in the church of the Feuillants. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; 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