a noted bibliographer, was born at Calcutta in 1776. He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and studied law,, but afterwards changed his views, and was ordained in 1804. He then became preacher of Tenison's chapel London; also of Brompton chapel, and Quebec and Fitzroy chapel. In 1823 he became vicar of Exning, and rector of St. Mary's, Bryanstone Square, in 1824. He died in 1848. His principal works are, An Introduction to the Knowledge of rare and valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics, together with an Account of Polyglot Bibles, Polyglot Psalters, Hebrew Bibles, Greek Bibles and Greek Testaments, the Greek Fathers and the Latin Fathers (Lond. 1827, 4th ed. 2 vols. 8vo); Bibliomania, or Book-madness (Lond. 1842, royal 8vo); The Library Companion (Lond. 1824, 8vo); Sermons, doctrinal and practical (Lond. 1820, 8vo); etc. — Darling, Cyclopaedia Bibliographica, s.v.; English Cyclopldia, s.v.
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