Cono (or Conon), Johann a German theologian, was born at Nuremberg in 1463. He entered the Dominican order, and went to Padua to study Greek under Marcus Musurtus. Erasmus spoke in eulogistic terms of this monk in several of his works. Cono died at Basle, February 21, 1513. In 1512 he published in Greek some treatises of the different fathers of the Church, and the Institutes of Justinian, with numerous annotations. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, 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