Peyrat, Napoleon a Protestant theologian and historian of France, was born at Bordes-sur- Arise, Aribge, January 20, 1809. In 1849 he was appointed pastor at St. Germain-en-Laye, and he died April 4, 1881. He is the author of Pasteurs du Desert (1842), a work which has been styled "un benedictin romantique." This work was followed by L'Histoire de Vigilance: — Les Reformateurs de la Fraunce et de l'Italie au Douzienne Siecle (Pierre de Brueys, Arrigo, Abelard, Arnaud de Brescia, St. Bernard, Berenger): — Le. Colloque de Poissy: — Le Siege du Mss d'Azil: — L'Histoire des Albigeois: — Beranger et Lamsennais, Correspondence et Souvenirs (Paris, 1861), this last a charming volume. See Mme. Napol. on Peyrat, Napolon Peysrst, Poite, Historien, Pasteur (Paris, 1881); Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v. (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