Dies (or Diaz), Gaspar a Portuguese painter, sometimes called "the Portuguese Raphael," flourished about 1525, and was instructed in the school of Michael Angelo at Rome. On his return to Portugal he executed, by order of the king, a number of excellent pictures for the churches. In 1534 he painted his celebrated Descent of the Holy Spirit for the Church of the Miseracordia. He died at Lisbon in 1571. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, 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