an Irish clergyman, was ordained minister of Strabane in 1766. In 1784, upon the request of the synod of Ulster, he undertook the instruction of candidates for the ministry in logic, mathematics, and philosophy, and afterwards enlarged the course of instruction to that of a college course. In 1798 he became pastor at Hollywood, where he died in 1801. Dr. Crawford was a man of considerable learning and great application, but his religious views were decidedly anti-evangelical. He was the author of Remarks on Lord Chesterfield's Letters: — History of Ireland (2 volumes): — and published two Sermons, besides translations from Turretine's Dissertations on Natural Theology. See Reid, Hist. of the Presb. Church in Ireland.
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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