Collier, Joseph an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Stockport, October 31, 1770. He was converted at the age of fourteen; admitted into the ministry in 1795; was prostrated on the Bradford Circuit, but still labored; became a supernumerary in 1811, first residing in Bury, subsequently in Exeter and at Kingsdown, Bristol; resumed his ministry at Haverford-West in 1813, and travelled several circuits. His last was Nottingham, where he died, May 27, 1842. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1842 Wesl. Meth. Mag. 1850, page 337 sq.
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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