Politi, Adriano an Italian writer. was born at Siena at the close of the 16th century. He chose the ecclesiastical career, and was attached as secretary to the cardinals Capisucchi, San Giorgio, and Serbelloni. He died about the middle of the 17th century. Politi edited Opere di C. Tacito (Rome, 1611, 4to), and another and more satisfactory edition (Venice, 1644, 4to): — Dizionario Toscano (ibid. 1615, 8vo): this work, an abridgment of the Dizionario della Crusca, caused him some tribulations: he was accused of having wittingly introduced into it some errors and falsehoods, and was thrown into jail: — Ordo Romance historiae legendae (ibid. 1627, 4to, and in vol. 3 of Roberti's Miscellanea). — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé, 40, 616.
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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