an English divine, was born in London, January 9, 1769. He was educated at Croydon Free-school and Winchester College; became fellow of New College, Oxford; was ordained in 1792 to the curacy of East Bergholt, Suffolk, and removed in 1795 to Barking, Essex. In 1800 he received the united livings of Christ Church, Newgate Street, and St. Leonard's, Foster Lane; and was shortly after chosen one of the lecturers of St. Botolph, Bishopgate. March 27, 1825 he was seized with apoplexy, and he died September 28, 1829. See (Lond.) Christian Guardian, November 1829, page 440.
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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