a Scotch clergyman, studied at Edinburgh University; was licensed to preach in 1821, and ordained in 1826, as assistant to his father, whom he succeeded at Sandwick and Stromness in 1832. There is no record of his death. Dr. Clonston published, The Church in Orkney (1844): — Address to Orkneymen (1845): — Account of the Parish and Observations on the County; and wrote tile account of Orkney in the Guide to the Highlands. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:, 403.
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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