a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born January 24, 1819, at Middletown, Connecticut. He studied some time at the Wesleyan University there, then travelled in Europe, studied theology under Dr. Jarvis at Middletown, in 1842 became instructor of modern languages in the university there, in 1844 rector at East Haddam, in 1845 assistant minister of Christ Church, New York city, in 1848 rector at Red Hook, N.Y., in 1862 professor in the Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Conn., and died at Engelburg, Switzerland, July 10, 1884.
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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