a German theologian, was born at Sulzbach in 1729, and was educated at Altdorf, where he took his doctorate in philosophy in 1749. In 1751 he was made pastor at Etzelwang, near Nuremberg; in 1760, dean at St. Sebaldus, in Nuremberg; in 1772, senior preacher; in 1773, pastor. He died in 1804. Besides his Annales Typographici, he wrote a history of the German Bible, Literar. Nachrichten v. den allenrdltesten gedruckten Deutschen Bibeln (Nuremb. 1777): — Gesch. der Nurnberger Ausgabenz der Bibel, etc. (ibid. 1778): — Gesch. Der Augsburger Ausgaben (1780): — Die unverdnderte Augsburgische Confession (1785): — LiterarGesch. der luther.-deutschen Bibel.ibersetzung 1517-1581 (1783, 1791), etc. He also devoted himself to a careful editing of the Church hymn-books.
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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