a Scotch Congregational minister, was born at Paisley, November 15, 1805. He was educated at the University of Glasgow, and at the Divinity Hall of the United Secession Church; was licensed to preach in 1830, and ordained pastor of the Chalmers Street Church, Dunfermline, in 1833. He resigned in 1843; joined the Congregationalists in 1845, and became pastor at Cleckheaton in 1852; retired to Leeds in 1869, and continued to reside there until his death, December 17, 1881. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1883, page 274.
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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