was born in the Isle of Jersey in 1728, and was educated at Oxford, where he was afterwards fellow of Hertford College, and then principal. In 1764 he took his degree of DD, and in 1767 was made prebendary of Canterbury. He died in 1775. He published The Hebrew Text of the parallel Prophecies of Jacob and Moses relating to the twelve Tribes (Oxford, 1764, 4to): Remarks on Job, Proverbs, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Canticles (Oxford, 1772, 4to).Kippis, Biog. Britannica, 5:518.
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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