Ford, Simon a divine and Latin poet of some notoriety, was born in East Ogwell, Devonshire, in 1619, and educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford. In 1651 he was vicar of St. Laurence, Reading, of Northampton in 1659, and in 1685 of Old Swinford, Worcestershire. He died in 1699. He was one of the translators of Plutarch's Morals, printed in 1684, and published a number of sermons, Latin poems, etc., from 1646 to 1696, a list of which will be found in Athen. Oxon. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, 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