Neef, Jean a Belgian ascetic writer. was born at Mechlin in 1576. He belonged to the Order of the Hermits of St. Augustine, in which he filled the office of prior. In 1625 he was appointed provincial for Flanders and Cologne. He died at Mechlin, June 28, 1656. His works are, Vita sancte Monica (Antwerp, 1628):Horologium monasticc perfectionis (Louvain, 1630): — De tertiariis ordinis Sancti Augustini (Antwerp, 1632): — Eremus Augustiniana foribus honoris et sanctitatis vermans (Louvain, 1638, 4to), in which is found the life of St. Augustine, and a great number of notices of the remarkable personages of his order: — Le Nouveau Testament, in Flemish. See Andre, Bibl. Belgica, 2:700.
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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