Fischer, Johann Michael a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Coburg, March 21, 1682. He studied at Leipsic, was in 1709 rector at his native place, in 1714 preacher at the Holy Cross Church, and died March 1, 1724, leaving De Solemnis Veteris Ecclesicae: Antepaschalibus (Leipsic, 1704). See Unschuldige Nachricten, 1725, page 1041; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:617; Jicher, 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