Gale, Thomas D.D., a learned English divine and antiquarian, was born in 1636 at Scruton, in Yorkshire. He became fellow of Trinity, and was elected regius professor of Greek in 1666; was, made prebendary of St. Paul's in 1676, and dean of York in 1697. He died April 8, 1702. He published Opuscula Mythologica, etc., Gr. and Lat. (Camb. 1671, 8vo): — Histori-Poeticae antiqui Scriptores, Graece et Latine: — Herodoti Halicarnassensis Historarum, lib. 9: — Historiae Britanniae, Saxonicae, Anglo-Danicae Scriptores 15, ex vetust. codd. MS. (Oxon. 1691, fol.). This work contains nearly all the original writers of English history.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
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