a Protestant Episcopal divine, was born at New London, Connecticut, June 28, 1803. He graduated from Yale College in 1821; became rector of St. Peter's, Salem, Massachusetts, in 1827; of Christ Church, Cambridge, in 1829; of Trinity Church, New Rochelle, N.Y., in 1839; afterwards of St. Paul's Church, Troy; president of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky; professor of Trinity College, Hartford, in 1849; in Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Connecticut, in 1872, and remained in that position until his death, June 21, 1885. He was the author of, Theological Commonplace Book (1832, 1857): — Remarks on Norton's Statement of Reasons, etc. (1833): — Bible in Paragraphs (1834; an abridgment of Townsend's Chronological Bible, which he also edited in full, 1837): — Puritanism (1844), besides frequent contributions to the journals of his denomination.
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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