Coler, Johann Christoph a German Protestant theologian and bibliographer, was born September 7,1691, at Alten-Gonttern, near Langensalza. He studied at Wittenberg, and was made adjunct to the philosophical faculty in 1716. In 1720 he became pastor at Brucken, but four years later went to Weimar, as teacher at the gymnasium. In 1725 he was appointed pastor of St. James's, in 1731 court preacher, and died at Weimar, March 7, 1736. His principal works are some academical dissertations: De Ephraemo et Joanne Damasceno (Wittenberg, 1714): — Historia Gothofr. Arnoldi (ibid. 1718): — Acta Litteraria Academiae Wittebergsensis (ibid. 1719): — Bibliotheke Theologische (Leips. 1724-36): — Anthologia, seu Epistolae Varii Argumenti (ibid. 1725): — Acta Historico-ecclesiastica, an ecclesiastical gazette, written in German (Weimar, 1734). See 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