Bussolari, Giacomo Del an Italian preacher, was born in Pavia about the beginning of the 14th century. He early joined the Augustine order, and was sent to preach in Pavia in 1356, where he so severely inveighed against the prevailing vices of the city as to array against himself the hostility of the ruling family of Beccaria. He defended himself by force of arms for a while, but was finally overcome, and died in 1359 of injury by reason of imprisonment. See 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