a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born at Salem, Massachusetts, December 15, 1811. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1833; studied theology two years in Andover Theological Seminary; was engaged in teaching several years; ordained deacon in 1841, and presbyter in 1842; served as rector of St. Stephen's Church one or two years; of St. Luke's, Staten Island, from 1843 to 1847, and thereafter of St. Peter's, Westchester County, N.Y., for more than twenty years. He died June 28, 1871. He was the author of a work on Popular Education, and another on The Relation of Education to Crime, besides Sermons.
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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