Gilfillan, George a minister of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, was born in Scotland, January 30, 1813. He was educated at the Glasgow College and at the United Secession Hall His first call was to a congregation at Schoolwynd, Dundee, where he continued his pastoral labors until his death, Aug. 13, 1878. In 1842 he began to write sketches of the principal characters of the day, for newspapers, and they were afterwards printed in book form under the title of The Gallery of Literary Portraits. This was followed by two other series of the same character. In 1850 he published The Bards of the Bible, which has been severely criticised for its grandiloquent style. He edited an edition of Bryant's Poems, and among his other works are, The Book of British Poets, Ancient and Modern and The Martyrs, Heroes, and Bards of the Scotch Covenant, He also published, The Grand Discovery: — History of a Man: — Christianity and our Aera: — A Discourse on Hades: — and Five Discourses on the Abase of Talent. He finally edited a splendid library edition of the Popular Poets of Britain, with notes. (W.P.S.)
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