Dyce, Alexander oldest son of a general in the East India Company's service, was born in George Street, Edinburgh, June 30, 1797, and received his bachelor's degree at Oxford in 1819. Between 1822 and 1825 he served two curacies, and died May 9, 1869. His publications were chiefly in the line of literary criticism. Besides editions of Greene, Webster, Shirley, Middleton, Skelton, Beaumont and Fletcher, Marlowe, Peele, Bentley, Collins, Pope, Akenside, Beattie, and others, he published a new and complete edition of the Works of William Shakespeare (185358, 6 volumes, 8vo). See Allibone, Dict. of Bit. and Amer. Authors, 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