Grandidier, Phillippe Andre a French theologian, born at Strasburg, November 9, 1752 entered into holy orders, was canon and keeper of the archives of the bishopric there, and died October 11, 1787. He wrote, Histoire de l'Eglise et des PFinces- Eveques de Strasbourg (1776, 1778, 2 volumes): — Histoire Ecclesiastiques, de la Province d'Alsace (1781): — Essai historique sur la Cathedrale de Strasbourg (1782). Besides, he left in MS. a great deal of matter pertaining to the Church history of Strasburg, which was published in six volumes, by Liblin, under the title, OEuvres Historiques Inedites de Grandidier (Colmar, 1865). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:823;
Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B.P.)
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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