Henke, Ernst Ludwig Theodor a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born February 22, 1804, at Helmstadt. He studied at Gottingen and Jena, took his degree as doctor of philosophy in 1826, and commenced the academical career at Jena in 1827 by presenting his De Epistolce, quae Barnabae Tribuitur, Authentia. In 1828 he was appointed theological professor at the "Collegium Carolinum" in Brunswick, in 1833 was called to Jena, in 1839 to Marburg, and died there, December 1, 1872. He published, Georg Calixtus und seinse Zeit (Halle, 1853-60, 2 volumes): — Theologorum Saxonicorum Consensus Repetitus Fidei Vere Lutheranae (Marburg, 1846): — Consensus Repeitis Fidei Vere Lutherane (ibid. 1847). He also contributed to the first edition of Herzog Real-Encyclop., to the Hallische Encyclop., and other similar works. His lectures on the Church History since the Reformation were published by Gass (Halle, 1874-78, 2 volumes); those on homiletics and liturgics by Zschimmer (ibid. 1876). See Mangold, E.L. Th. Henke, Ein Gedenkblatt (Marburg, 1879); Plitt-Herzog, Real-Encyclop. s.v.; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 1:536 sq. (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