a German theologian, was born at Birkenfeld, Wuirtemburg, March 7, 1833. He studied at Tubingen from 1851 to 1855, and in 1863 became pastor of a German congregation in London. In 1865 he became pastor at Friedrichshafen, on the lake of Constance, and in 1868 professor of practical theology and university preacher at Bonn. He died August 15,1889. He was a member of the Evangeli al Alliance Conference of 1873, and read a paper before that body. He was a Knight of the Red Eagle. Among his works the chief ones are, Modern Doubt and Christian Belief (1874): — Protestant Missions to the Heathen; a General Survey (1882). See The Homiletic Review, October 1889, page 366; The Missionary Review of the World, November 1889, page 872.
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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