Churchill, Charles an English clergyman and poet, was born in the parish of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, in February 1731. He was educated at Westminster School, and admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, but left immediately and never returned He was ordained priest in 1756, and then exercised his clerical functions at Cadbury, Somersetshire, and at Rainham, in Essex, his father's living. At the death of his father, in 1758, he succeeded him in the curacy and lectureship of St. John's. In a short time, however, he forsook all external decency, appearing, to the amazement of the town, in a blue coat, ruffles, and a goldlaced hat. Being remonstrated with by the dean of Westminster for various irregularities, he resigned his preferments, and. treated his clerical office with utter. contempt. He now lived a profligate life, and devoted his talents to poetry, for which he had unquestionable genius. He died November 4, 1764. For particulars of his career and writings 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