Dunkel, Johann Gottlob Wilhelm a Reformed theologian of Germany, was born at Kothen, September 28, 1720. He studied at Halle, and received the degree of doctor of philosophy in 1739. In 1744 he was pastor at Diebzig, near Kothen, and in 1748 at Wulfen and Dronen, in the, county of Anhalt-Kothen. He died September 8, 1759, leaving, Historisch-kritische Nachrichten von verstorbenen Gelehrten (Kothen, 1753-60, 3 volumes): — Theod. Dassovii de Vacca Rufa Opusculum (Leipsic, 1758). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, 1:347 sq. (B.P.)
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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