a Presbyterian minister, son of Reverend Heman Humphrey, D.D., was born at Amherst, Massachusetts, August 30, 1824. He graduated from Amherst College in 1843; studied at Union Theological Seminary in 1846 and 1847; graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1849; preached in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one year thereafter; was ordained in October, 1850, pastor at Racine; became pastor of the Congregational Church in Milwaukee in 1856; of a Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois, in 1859; of Calvary Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1868; professor in Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1875; and died there, November 13, 1881. He was moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 1871. See Genesis Cat. of Union Theol. Sem. 1876, page 55; Trien. Cat. of Andover Theol. Sem. 1870, page 180.
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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