Page, Durand one of the French Illuminati (q.v.), was born at Aubais, in Languedoc, in 1681. After the suppression of the Camisards in 1705, he submitted to the Church authorities, and was taken across the frontier to Germany, whence he passed to Holland, and in 1706 went to London. He died, probably, in England about the middle of the 18th century, leaving a work entitled Theatre Sacrs des Cevennes (Lond. 1707, 12mo); reprinted under the title Les Prophetes Protestants (Paris, 1847, 8vo).
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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