Charleton, Robert, an English minister of the Society of Friends, son of Elizabeth, was born at Bristol in 1809. He was carefully educated by religious parents, and spent several years of his early life with them in France. He was intimately connected with the missionary work, and especially with George Muller, in whose institution he took deep interest. In. 1854 he was sent by the Yearly Meeting .of the Society on a mission to the emperor of Russia, and, in 1858 he went. to Finland, Sweden, and Denmark on a a similar mission. He died Dec. 5, 1873. See (Lond.) Annual Monitor,' 1874, p. 18. -
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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