Foucher Paul, a learned French-abbot, was born at Tours in 1704, and died at Paris in 1778. He studied theology at the Sorbonne, but showed more fondness for the ancient languages. His chief work, Traite historique de la Religion des Perses, inserted in the Memoirs of the Academy of Inscriptions (tom. 25, 27, 29, 31, 39; German translation by Kleuker, Riga, 1781-3, 2 volumes, 4to), combats the opinion of Hyde that the Persians had preserved natural religion and the worship of the true God. A supplement, after the appearance of Du Perron's Zend Avesta, retracts many of his previous opinions. His next most important work, Richerches sum L'Origine et la Nature de la Religion des Grecs, also inserted in the Memoirs of the Academy, considers the gods of the Greek and Roman pan theon as only deified men, and claims a historical basis for their myths.—Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gener. 18, 284, 285.
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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