a Presbyterian minister, was born at Newark, N.J., March 21, 1820. He graduated from Princeton College in 1838; studied law one year; graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1842; became a missionary to "the Pines" in 1843; was ordained pastor at Paterson in 1844, and labored there with great success and usefulness until 1877, when he was elected by the General Assembly professor of homiletics, pastoral theology, sacred rhetoric, and Church government in the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny City, Pa. He died there, July 16, 1883. See N.Y. Observer, July 19, 1883; Nevin, Presb. Encyclop. s.v.; Necrol. Report of Princeton Theol. Sem. 1884, page 28. (W.P.S.)
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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