Haug, Balthasar a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Stammford, near Calw, July 4,1731. He studied at Tubingen, entered upon his ministerial duties in 1757, and died at Stuttgart, January 3, 1792. He published, Diss. XII Postrema Commata Marci XVI Esse Genuina (Tubingen, 1753): — Der Christam Sabbath (1763-64, 3 volumes; 2d ed. 1778): — De Poesi Sacra Ebraeorum (1768): — De Motibus Terrae in Sacra Scriptura Allegatis (1783): — De Re Educatoria Primorum Christianorum (1784): — Die Alterthumer der Christen (1785). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, 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