Hanneken, Menno a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born March 1, 1595, at Blaxen, in Oldenburg. He studied at Giessen, was in 1619 conrector at Oldenburg, in 1626 professor at Marburg, in 1646 superintendent at Lubeck, and died February 17, 1671. He wrote, Scutum Veritatis Catholica contra Thomam Henrici: — Synopsis Theologiae: — Expositio Epistolae Pauli ad Ephesios: — Doctrina de Justificatione Hominis coram Deo: — Grammatica Hebraica: — Quattuor Disput. de Augustana Confessione Invariata; Tres Disp. Hebraeo-Theologicce. See Moller, Cimbria Litterata; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:361; Steinschneider, Bibl. Handbuch, s.v. Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, 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