a learned English divine, born at Beachamwell, Norfolk, in 1680, was educated at Clare Hall and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He became treasurer of Wells Cathedral and rector of St. Vedast, London, in 1708; was some time after appointed rector of St. Pald, Shadwell; chaplain of George I in 1716; and, finally, prebendary of Westminster in 1724. He died April 15, 1725. His principal works are, A Course of Sermons preached for the Boyle Lecture (1713, 1714), in which he refutes the infidel objections of Collins (Lond. 1727, 8vo): — Thirty-six Discourses on practical Subjects (Lond. 1776, 2 vols. 8vo); and a translation of Puffendorf's De Habitu Religionis Christiance ad vitam civilem (1719). See Chalmers, Genesis Biog. Dict.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biogr. Gé neralé, 25, 727; Darling, Cyclop. Bibliographica, 2, 1601.
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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