Crayer (or Creeyer), Gaspar De a very eminent Flemish painter, was born at Brussels in l182, and studied for a short time under Raphael van Coxie of that city. One of his best pictures, for the refectory of the abbey of Affleghem, represents A Centurion Dismounting to Worship the Saviour. His principal painting is at Brussels, in the Church of Notre Dame, Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene; others in different churches are, The, Assumption, The Descent of the Holy Ghost, and The Resurrection. He died at Ghent, Jan. 27, 1669. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, 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