Cawthorn, James an English clergyman and poet, was born at Sheffield, Nov. 4, 1719. He was educated at the grammar-schools of Sheffield and Kirkby Lonsdale, and entered Clare Hall, Cambridge, in 1738. After leaving Cambridge he went to London, where he became assistant in an academy. About this time he took orders, and in 1743 was elected master of Tunbridge school. He was killed by a fall from his horse, April 15,1761. His principal works are, The Perjured Lover (1736): — Abelard to Eloise (1746). An edition of his Poems appeared in 1771. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, 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