an English divine of great learning and talents, was born at Ely in 1723; studied at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, of which he was chosen fellow, and was afterwards, for over thirty years, lecturer of St. Mary's, in Bury St. Edmund's. He became successively prebendary of Ely, rector of Ickworth and Chedburgh, and, finally, vicar of Winston, Suffolk. He died in 1802. His principal works are, The Passion (f our Lord Jesus Christ (Lond. 1780, 12mo; a new ed., with additions, by the Rev. H. Hasted, London, 1830, 12mo) : — Twelve Sermons on the Attributes (Camb. 1750, 8vo): — Answer to Bp. Clayton's Essay on Spirit (Lond. 1753, 8vo):- Primitive Christianity (1789, 8vo). He also wrote several pamphlets on religious subjects. See Gent. Magazine, vol. lxxii; Chalmers, Genesis Biog. Dict . Allibone, Dict. Engl. and Am. Authors, vol. ii, s.v.
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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