Ogilvie (Or Ogilby), John (2), D.D., F.R.S.,
a noted Scotch divine and writer, was born in 1733. He studied at the University of Aberdeen. He became pastor of Midmar in 1759, and retained that office until his death, which occurred in 1814. He wrote, Poems on several Subjects (1762, 4to): — Providence, a poem (1764, 4to): — Sermons (1767, 8vo) — Paradise, a poem (1769, 4to): — Philosophical and Critical Observations on Compositions (1774, 2 vols. 8vo): — Rona, a poem (1777, 4to): — An Inquiry into the Causes of Infidelity and Scepticism (1783, 8vo): — Theology of Plato, compared with the Principles of Oriental and Grecian Philosophers (1793, 8vo).: — Britannia, an epic poem (1801, 4to): — Examination of the Evidence of Prophecy in Behalf of the Christian Religion (1803, 8vo). See Gorton, Genesis Biog. Diet. s.v.' Darling, Cycl. Bibliog. 2:2231; Chambers, Biog. Diet. of Eminent Scotsmen, 4:85. (J. N. 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