Cludius, Herman Heimart, a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Hildedheim. March 28, 1754. In 1777 he was preacher of St. George's at his native place, in 1787 superintendent and member of consistory, and died in 1803. He wrote, Wahrheit der Christlichten Religion Insbesondere zur Widerlegung der Juden (Bremen, 1782): — Uransichten, des Christenthums nebst Untersuchung uber Einige Bucher des Neuen Testaments (Altona, 1808): — Muhammed's Religion aus dem Koran Dargelegt, Erlautert und Beartheilt (ibid. 1809): — Betrachtungen uber die Gesammten Lehren der Religion (Bremen, 1783 87, 4 vols.). See Zuchold. Bibl. Theol. i, 231;
Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, 181; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. i, 294, 528; it, 173, 317. (B. P.)
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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