Calvert, Daniel an English Congregational minister, was born June 8, 1794. He was the second of three brothers who entered the ministry. In early life he joined the Independent Church at Mixenden. He entered Airedale College in 1818, and afterwards became a home missionary in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He served the following stations: Tadcaster and Wetherby, Yorkshire, and Calderbrook, near Rochdale, Lancashire. He died at Calderwood, Yorkshire, Sept. 22, 1849. He was a simple, plain, good man.
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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