a distinguished English writer on ecclesiastical law, was born in 1720 at Winton, Westmoreland, and educated at Queen's College, Oxford. He was for forty-nine years rector at Orton, where he died, Nov. 20,1785. He was also chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle. His Ecclesiastical Law (Lond. 1760, 2 vols. 4to; 9th ed. enlarged by R. Phillimore, Lond. 1842, 4 vols. 8vo) is recommended by Blackstone as one of the "very few publications on the subject of ecclesiastical law on which the reader can rely with certainty." Equally celebrated is his work, Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer (Lond. 1755, 2 vols. 8vo; 29th ed. by Bere and Chitty, Lond. 1845, 6 vols.; suppl. by Wise, 1852). — Hook, Eccl. Biog. 3, 279.
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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