Galland Andrea, Or Gallandius Andreas, an Italian priest and abbot of the Oratorian congregation, was born at Venice December 6, 1709, and died in the same citv January 12, 1779. He rendered great service to literature by his edition of the fathers, entitled
Bibliotheca Veterum Patrum, antiquorum que scriptorums eccl. Gr. et Lat. (Venet. 1765-1781, 14 volumes, fol.). It comprises in all 380 writers, and is considered to be one of the most accurate and useful of all the libraries of the fathers. He left in MSS. Thesaurus Antiquitatis Ecclesiasticae (13 volumes, fol.). — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 19:291.
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