Edelinok, Gerard a celebrated Flemish engraver, was born at Antwerp in 1627, studied under Cornelis Galle, and was subsequently elected a royal academician. He died at Paris in 1707. The following are some of his principal works: The Holy Family, with St. John, St. Elizabeth, and Two Angels; The Holy Family, where St. John is Presenting Flowers to the Infant Jesus; The Virgin Mary at the Foot of the Cross; Mary Magdalene, penitent, Trampling on the Vanities of the World; St. Louis Prostrating himself before a Crucifix. See 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