Coinsi Gautier Dre a French ecclesiastic and poet, was born at Amiens in 1177. He was successively prior of the abbey of Vic-sur-Aisne, and of that of St. Medard of Soissons. He died in 1236, leaving in manuscript a French translation in verse of the Miracles de Notre Dame, written originally in Latin by Hugh Farsi, Heranan, Guibert of Nogent, etc. Several copies of this MS. are found in the imperial library of Paris. Some of the accounts of Coinsi were published by Legrand d'Aussi in his Recueil des Fabliaux. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Biog. Universelle 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