Lange, Johann Christian a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born December 25, 1669, at Leipsic. He studied at his native place, and commenced his academical career there in 1694. In 1697 he went to Giessen, was in 1716 member of consistory and superintendent, in the same year doctor of theology, in 1718 general superintendent, and died December 16, 1756. He wrote, Theologia Christiana in Numeris (Leipsic, 1702): — Ordo Salutis sub Ratione Theoloqici Problematis Delineatus (Giessen, 1704; 2d ed. 1744): — Themata Selecta ex Variis Philosophiae Partibus Deprompta (1710): — De Antiquissimno et Novissimo Theologo hoc est, etc. (1716). 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