Matthiai, Wolf Christian a Lutheran theologian of Denmark, was born January 28, 1734. He studied at Kiel, was in 1762 military, preacher, in 1770 pastor at Rendsburg, in 1778 member of consistory, and died January 29, 1787. He wrote, Diss. Historic Samuelis, Sauli et Davidis, ad Annorum Rationes Digesta (Kiel, 1752): — Beschreibung der Kirchenvesfassung in den Herzogthumern Schleswig und Holstein (Flensburg, 1778-86, 2 volumes): — Schriftmassige Betrachtung uber dass Leiden und Sterben Jesu Christi (ibid. 1786). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der-theol. Lit. 1:833. (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