Caron, Raymond an Irish theologian, was born in the county of Westmeath in 1605. He entered the order of the Recollets, and studied at Salzburg and Louvain; returned to his country as commissary-general of his order; emigrated when the Puritans were in power; returned at the Restoration, in 1660; and died at Dublin in 1666. He wrote several works, especially, Remonstrantia bernorum contra Lovanienses Ultramontanasque Censuras, etc. (Lond. 1665, fol.): —Roma Triumphans (Antwerp, 1635): —Apostolatus Evangelium Missionariorum (1653): —Controversice Generalis Fidei (1660): —Loyalty Asserted and the Late. Remonstrance or Allegiance of the Irish Clergy and Laity Confred (Lond. eod. 4to): —A Vindication of the Roman Catholics of the English Nation (ibid. eod. 4to). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé, s.v.; Biog. Universelle, 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