Nagel, Leopold Julius a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born in 1809 at Stecklin, Pomerania. He studied at Halle and Berlin, was preacher at Kolzow, and afterwards military preacher at Stargard. In 1848 he resigned his office and joined the separate Lutherans (q.v.). In 1853 he was called to Breslau, the main seat of the independent Lutherans, and died January 17, 1884. He published, Die Errettung der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche in Preussen (2d ed. Erlangen, 1868): — Die Kampfe der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche in Preussen (Stuttgart, 1869). (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