Casolani, Ilario (or Cristoforo)
an Italian painter, was born at Siena in 1588. He was a son of Alessandro, who instructed him in his art. He finished The Assumption. for the church of San Francesco at Sienna, sketched by his father before his death, and then went to Rome, and executed some fine work in the church of the Madonna de Mouli, The History of the Virgin, and an Ascension; The
Trinity in Santa Maria, in Via. He died in 1661. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, 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