Claessen, Dietrich Siegfried a Reformed theologian of Germany, was born at Frankfort-on-the Oder, November 4, 1685. He studied at his native place and at Levden, was in 1713 rector of the Friedrichs-Werder Gymnasium at Berlin, in 1715 preacher of the Reformed Church, as well as court and cathedral preacher there. In 1720 he was called as professor of theology to his native place, where he was also made doctor of theology. He died at Herborn in 1743, leaving Animadversiones Philologico-Theologiae: — De Encceniis Judaeorum: — De Existentia Dei. See Neubauer, Nachrichten von jetztlebenden Gottesgelehrten; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, 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