Cozzando, Leonardo an Italian biographer, was born at Rovato, near Brescia, in 1620. At the age of twelve he entered the order of Servites, and while young taught philosophy at Verona and Vienna. He afterwards became professor of theology, and regent of the College of St. Alexander of Brescia. At the age of twenty-five he was elected member of the Academy of the Erranti. He died. February 7, 1702, leaving, Corsi di Penna (Brescia, 1645): — Ristretto dei Prelati della sua Religione. (ibid. 1673): — Vite del P. Paolo Cigone e del P. Ottavio Pantagolo: — De Magisterio Antiquarum Philosopharum (Cologne, 1682; Geneva, 1684): — Libraria Bresciana (Brescia, 1694); this work contains the lives of five hundred and thirty authors: — Vago e Curioso Ristretto Profano e Sagro dell' Historia Bresciana (ibid. eod.). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 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