Hort, Josiah An Anglican prelate, was born towards the close of the 17th century, and educated at a Dissenting school together with Dr. Isaac Watts. In 1695 he became chaplain to John Hampden, Esq., M.P., and afterwards settled as Dissenting minister at Marshfield. About 1708 he conformed, and became a minister of the Church of England. He now rose quickly to distinguished positions in the Church. In 1721 he was consecrated bishop of Ferns and Leighlin in Ireland, translated in 1727 to Kilmore and Ardagh, and was advanced to the archbishopric of Tuam in 1742, with the united bishopric of Enaghdoen, and with permission to hold also his former bishopric of Ardagh. He died Dec. 14, 1751. Bishop Hort published, besides, several collections of Sermons (1708-9,1738,1757) — Instructions to the Clergy of Tuam (1742, 8vo; 1768, 8vo; also in Clergyman's Instructor). See Hook, Eccl. Biog. 6, 184 sq.; Allibone, Dictionary of Authors, 1, 895.
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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