Guy, Thomas an English philanthropist, founder of Guy's Hospital, was born at Southwark in 1644. After serving ,an apprenticeship of eight years, he began business as a bookseller in 1668. He dealt largely in Bibles, which he at first imported from Holland, but afterwards printed for himself. He became master of an immense fortune, and died unmarried, December 17, 1724. In 1707 he built three wards of St. Thomas's Hospital, and aided it in other ways. He built Guy's Hospital at a cost of over £18,000, and left an endowment of £219,499. He also made other gifts and bequests for hospitals and almshouses. See A True Copy of the Last Will and Testament of Thomas Guy, Esq. (Lond. 1725); Knight, Shadows of the Old Booksellers (1865), page 323; Encyclop. Brit. 9th ed. 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