Cossart, Gabriel a French Jesuit, was born at Pontoise in 1615. In 1633 he joined his order, was for some time professor at Paris, and died September 18, 1674. He is the author of Parthenii Patriarchae Constantinopolitani Decretum Synodale (in Greek and Latin, Paris, 1643). He continued and completed the famous collection of councils commenced by abbe Labbe, which he published in 17 volumes folio, with the title, Conciliorum Collectio Maxima ad Regiam Editionem Exacta, Studio Philippi Labbe et Gabrielis Cossartii e Societate Jesu (Parisiis, 1671, 1672). See Kobler, in Wetzer u. Welte's Kirchen-Lexikon, s.v.; Biog. Universelle, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 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