son of the following, was born at Amsterdam, June 16, 1820. He studied at Geneva, and was ordained in 1843 by his father, at Nismes. On account of his advanced liberal theological views, he had to resign his office, in 1862, and became the head and leader of liberal Protestantism in France. He died at Fismes, July 25, 1875. He was one of the founders of the Societe de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Frangais, in the year 1852. He also published a volume of unedited letters of Voltaire, on Tolerance, in 1863, and wrote, Jean Calas et sa Famille (Fismes, 1857; 2d ed. 1870). He left an unfinished work, L'Histoire de l'Eglise Reformee de Paris. See Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v. (B.P.)
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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