Dahme, Georg Christian a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born October 8, 1739, at Jeinsen, a village in the province of Hanover. After being for some time court chaplain at the city of Hanover, he was appointed in 1792 general superintendent at Celle, and died while member of consistory and dean of Bardowieck, June 20, 1803. He published, Predigten (Brunswick, 1775): — Sieben kleine exegetische Aufsatze (Gottingen, 1791). See Doring, Die deutschen Kanzelredner des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts, page 24 sq. (B.P.)
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
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