Kilbye, Richard, an English theologian, was born at Ratcliffe in the second half of the 16th century, and was educated at Oxford University, with which he was identified throughout life; he was its rector in 1590, and held a professorship of the Hebrew language. He died Nov. 7, 1620. Richard Kilbye was one of the translators of king James's version of the Bible. He also published several Sermons (1613, etc.) and a Commentary on Exodus.
Another English divine of the same name flourished about the same time in Warwickshire. He died in 1617, and is the author of a work entitled Burden of a loadened Conscience (1616, 8vo; often reprinted).-Hoefer, Nouv. Biogr. Dict. 27:720; Allibone, Dict. of English and American Authors, vol. ii, s.v.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
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