Pitiscus, Martin Friedrich a Lutheran theologian. of Germany, was born at Hamburg in 1721. In 1756 he was preacher at his birthplace, in 1768 professor of Oriental languages, and died November 13, 1794. He wrote, Versuch von der Religion der Starmmelten des menschlichen Geschlechts (Hamburg, 1768): — Eximium Divinae Sapientia Specimen (1763): — Ueber den Kanon der Bucher des Altens Testaments (1776): — Zur Beurtheilung der von Herrn Hofrath Lessing herausgegebenen Fragmente eines Ungenannten von Duldung der Deisten (1779). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 3:106. (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