Faigaux, Francois Louis a French Protestant theologian, was born at Yverdun, in Berne, in 1707o He studied at Basle, where he was also preacher for some time. In 1751 he was called as French preacher to Cassel, where he died, October 20 the same year, leaving, Religion du Ceaur (Rotterdam, 1736): — Sermons Diverses ( Hague, 1740): — Adversus Dilationem Conversionis (Marburg, 1743): — Les Paroles de la Vie Eternelle (Schwabach, 1743; Cassel, 1752): — Sur la Folie de l'Atheisme (Schwabach, 1749): — Le Petit Catechisme de Heidelberg (ibid. 1752). See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (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