Endemann, Samuel a Reformed theologian of Germany, was born March 18, 1727, at Carlsdorf. He studied at Marburg and Rinteln, was in 1750 preacher at Jesberg, in Hesse, and in 1753 at Hanau. In 1766 he was appointed member of consistory, and in 1767 became professor of theology and Hebrew at the gymnasium in the latter place. In 1782 he accepted a call as professor of theology to Marburg, and died there May 31, 1789, leaving, Institutiones Theologiae Dogmatical (Hanover, 1777, 2 volumes): — Institutiones Theologiae Moralis (Frankfort, 1780, 2volumes): — Compendium Theologiae (ibid. 1782): — Sciagraphia (Marburg, 1783): — Compendium Theologiae Moralis (Frankfort, 1784). His Compendium Theologiae Dogmaticae was edited and published by A.J. Arnoldi (Hanover, 1790). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:305, 313. (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