Coccopani, Giovanni an Italian painter and architect, was born at Florence in 1582, and executed a number of pictures for the churches of Lombardy. In 1622 he was invited to Vienna, where he was employed by the emperor in the wars as state engineer. He was appointed professor of mathematics at Florence on the death of Castelli, and was afterwards invited to Rome to fill the chair in the academy of that city, but he refused to quit Florence. He died there in 1649. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 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