bishop of Durham, was born in Dublin about 1670. He received his education at Emanuel College, Cambridge, where he took his degree of M.A., and in 1693 he became chaplain to bishop Lloyd, of Lichfield (afterwards of Worcester), who gave him preferment in both those cathedrals. In 1717 Dr. Chandler was nominated to the see of Lichfield, from whence, in 1730, he was translated to Durham. He died in London July 20th, 1750. Among his writings are A Defence of Christianity from the Prophecies of the O.T., in reply to Anthony Collins (London, 1725, 8vo), a work which compelled Collins to produce, in 1727, his The Scheme of Literal. Prophecy considered, which occasioned a second answer from the bishop, entitled A Vindication of the Defence of Christianity from the Prophecies of the O.T. (Lond. 1728). He also wrote Eight Occasional Sermons; the Chronological Dissertation prefixed to Arnald's Ecclesiasticus; and a preface to Cudworth's Immutable Morality. — Rose, New Biographical Dictionary, 6:200; Hook, Eccl. Biography, 3:550.
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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