Hirsch, Carl Christian a German theologian, was born at Hersbruck October 20,1704. He studied at Altorf, Leipzig, and other universities, and went to the theological seminary at Nuremberg in 1729. He entered the ministry in 1734, and in 1740 was appointed deacon of Lorenz Church at Nuremberg. He died Feb.
27, 1754. His works are: Hadriani Pontii Historiae Libri rariomres: — Venerab. Agnetis Blamabeck in Vita et Revelationes (Frankf. and Leip. 1735): — Catechismus Histo:rice (Nurnb. 1752, 8vo): — Lebensbeschreib. aller Geistlichen Niirnbergs (continued by Wüffel and Waldau, published 'in 1756-1785, 4to): to this work he devoted his time mainly. He also wrote a number of monographs inserted in the Acta Histor. eccles. and in the Acta Scholast. of Nuremberg. Jocher, Gelehrt. Lex. Append. 2, 2021; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé 24, 793; Döring, Gelehrt. Theol. Deutschl. 1, 738.
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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