Diecmanr, Johann a German philologist and theologian, was born at Stade, June 30, 1647. He studied at Giessen and Wittenberg, and was appointed president of the college in his native place, superintendent of the duchies of Bremen and Weser, and later professor of theology in the university of Kiel. He died at Kiel, July 4, 1720, leaving several dissertations, enumerated in the sixth volume of the Historia Bibliothecce Fabricianae. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.
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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