Kapp, Johann a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born December 12, 1739. He studied at Leipsic and Erlangen, was in 1765 teacher at the gymnasium in Hof, in 1774 doctor of philosophy, in 1777 court preacher and professor of theology at Bayreuth. In 1801 he was made doctor of divinity, and died August 18, 1817, leaving, Epistola super Dictis Biblicis Quibusdam Novi Testamenti (Hof, 1767): — Paralipomena de Mayis, Matth. 2:1 sq. (1771): — Progr. Periculum Versionis Psalmi Secundi cum Brevibus Scholiis (1781): — Brevis Paraphrastica Explicatio Matth. 5:33-42 (1783), etc. See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v. (B.P.)
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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