Comeiras, Victor Delpuech de a French ecclesiastic and geographer, was born at St. Hippolyte-du-Gard, September 11, 1733. He was abbot of Sylvanes, and vicargeneral of Beauvais, but was deprived of his position at the Revolution, and died at Paris, March 29, 1805. He wrote volumes 22-32 of L'Abrige de l'Histoire Generale des Voyages (Paris, 1780-1801; volumes 1-20 were published by La Harpe): — La Vix du Sage (ibid. 1799): — Histoire de l'Astronomie, transl. from Bailly (ibid. 1806). Other writings remain in MS. 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