Lukaszewicz, Joseph Von a Polish historian, was born November 30, 1797, at Kromplewo, hear Posen, and died February 18, 1872. His works having been translated into German, we give the German titles: — Historische Nachricht uber die Dissidenten in der Stadt Posen ins 16. und 17. Jahrhundert (Posen, 1832; German by Dalitzki, Darmstadt, 1843): — Ueber die Kirchen der bohmischen Bruder im ehemaliqen Grosspolen (Posen, 1835; German by Fischer, Gratz, 1877): — Geschichte der Kirchen des helvetischen Bekenlntnisses in Litauen (1842, 2 volumes; German, Leipsic, 1850): — Geschichte des helvetischen Bekenntnisses in Kleinpolen (1853): — Geschichte aller katholischen Kirchen in der ehenaligen posen'schehi Diocese (1858-63, 3 volumes). (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