Krantz (Or Cranz), David a Moravian historian, was born at Neugarten, Pomerania, in 1723. In his youth hle was master of a school at Herrnhut; he became secretary to count Zinzendorf in 1747, was afterwards sent on a literary mission to Greenland, where he was eminently successful in collecting historical information. He returned in 1762, and became pastor of the church at Rixdorf, near Berlin, in 1766. He died at Gnadenburg, in Silesia, in 1777. Iis principal works are The History of Greenland, and of the mission of the United Brethren (transl. Lond. 1820,2 vols. 8vo): — The ancient and modern History of the Brethren (Lond. 1780, 8vo). — Darling, Cycl. Bibl. 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