a Baptist minister, was born at Middleburg, London County, Virginia, February 13, 1794. He was converted in 1809, baptized in 1816, ordained in 1817; for several years preached to churches in his native state, and in 1825 became pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church in Philadelphia. He removed to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 1836, and for eight years was principal of the Alabama Female Atheiaeum. In 1844 he was elected president of Mercer University, Georgia, where he also gave instruction in theology. He resigned his office in 1856. and died June 11, 1884, at Haynesville, Alabama. He published, Manual of Theology (1857): — Treatise on Church Order (1858): — Elements of Moral Science (1859): — Evidences of Christianity (1868), and several minor works, some of them of a controversial character. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. page 306. (J.C.S.)
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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