Cheron, Louis, a Parisian painter, brother of the foregoing, was born at Paris in 1660, where he first studied, and afterwards visited Italy. On returning to Paris he was employed to paint two pictures for the Church of Notre Dame, representing The Decollation of John the Baptist, and The Prophet Agabus. Being a Calvinist, he was compelled to leave France, and went to England where he executed a number of works, among them, Peter Curing the Lame Man at the Gate of the Temple; The Baptism of the Eunuch by Philip; and twenty-three subjects for the Psalms of David. He died. at London in 1723. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v. ;: Hoefer,. Nouv. Biog. Generale .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