Graves, Richard an English divine, was born in Gloucestershire in 1715, and educated at Abingdon; in Berkshire, and at Pembroke College, Oxford. He was rector of Cleverton, near Bath, and of Kilmersdon. He died in 1804. Among his best-known works are the Festoon, or Collection of Epigrams: — Lucubrations in Prose and Verse, published under the name of Peter Pomfret: — The Spiritual Quixote: — Sermons on Various Subjects. His last work was The Invalid, with the Obvious Means of Enjoying Life. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.
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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