Craner, Francois Regis a Swiss writer of the Jesuit order, was born at Lucerne in 1728. After the suppression of his order, he taught ancient literature at the gymnasium of his native city, where he died in 1806, leaving a German translation of the AEneid of Virgil (1783): — and Dramas, gathered from Swiss history. 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