a Scotch Congregational minister, was born at Huntley, Aberdeenshire, October 10, 1802. He became a student of King's College, Aberdeen, in 1819, completing his curriculum in 1825, and receiving his degree of M.A.; was converted in 1828; entered Highbury College to prepare for the ministry in 1830, and in 1832 became pastor at Bristol. In 183,5 he accepted a call to the pastorate of Gallowtree-gate Chapel, Leicester, and in that capacity continued till his death, January 24, 1861. In 1859 he was chairman of the Congregational Union. Dr. Legge was a man of noble qualities, endowed with a strong intellect, a glowing imagination, a loving heart, and great constancy of purpose. His principal publications were, Principles of Noncorformity: — Christianity: in Harmony with Man's Nature, Present and Progressive: — The Range and Limitations of Human Knowledge, besides several single sermons. See (Loud.) Cong. Year-book, 1862, page 247.
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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