Mant, Richard (1), D.D., an English prelate and commentator, was born at Southampton, Feb. 12, 1776; was educated at Winchester College, and Trinity College, Oxford; became fellow of Oriel College in 1798; vicar of Great Coggeshall, Essex, in 1810; of St. Botolph's, Bish. opsgate, London, in 1815; and of East Horsley, Surrey, in 1818; bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora, in 1820; was translated to Down and Connor in 1823; and in 1842 succeeded bishop Saturin in the diocese of Dromore. He died Nov. 2, 1848. He published, in conjunction with D'Oyly, An Edition of the Bible, with Notes (1817): — Eight Sermons: — An Appeal to the Gospel or an Inquiry into the Justice of the Charge that the Gospel is not preached by the National Clergy (1812, 8vo; 6th wc 1816, 8vo; reviewed in the Lond. Quart. Rev. 8:356-374, and 15:475): — The Book of Common Prayer, selected, with Notes (1829, 4to; abridged, 2 vols. 8vo; 5th ed. 1840, 4to): — The Book of Psalms in an English Metrical Version, with Notes, critical and illustrative (1824, 8vo): — Biographical Notices of the Apostles, Evangelists, and other Saints (1828, 8vo): — Primitive Christianity (Lond. 1843, 8vo): — Hist. Ch. of Ireland (1840, 2 vols. 8vo): — Horae liturgicae (1845, sm. 8vo): — Sermons, and other productions on various subjects. See Allibone, Dict. Brit. and Amer. Biog. s.v.; Darling, Cyclop. Bibiogr. 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