Forster, Nathaniel a learned English divine. was born at Stadscombe, Devonshire, February 3, 1717; educated at Corpus Christi, of which he became fellow in 1729; obtained a prebendal stall in the cathedral of Bristol and the vicarage of Rochdale in 1754. In 1757 he became preacher at the Rolls, and died October 20 in that year. He wrote Reflections on the high Antiquity of Government, Arts, and Sciences in Egypt (Oxf. 1743, 8vo): — A Dissertation on Josephus's Account of Jesus Christ (Oxf. 1749): — Biblia Hebraica sine punctis (1750, 2 volumes, 4to): — Popery destructive of the Evidences of Christianity (Oxf. 1746). — Biog. Britannica, 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