Larroque, Patrice a French spiritualistic philosopher, was born in 1801 at Beaume. He had taught with great success at different colleges, and was successively rector at Cahors, Limoges, and Lyons. The last position he held till 1849, when some differences arose between him and archbishop Bonald. In 1851 he took his dismission, and died at Paris in 1879. He published, Cours de Philosophie: — Examen Critique des Doctrines de la Religion Chretienne (1859), a kind of manifesto of deism: — Renovation Religieuse (1860), a kind of religious programme of the future, destined to unite all on the ruins of positive religion. See Dumur, in the Revue Chretienne, 1861, page 581 sq.; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, 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