Poulain, Nicolas a Reformed theologian, was born at Mesnils, near Luneray, Seine- Inlferieure, Jan. 13, 1807. He was pastor of Nanteuil-les-Meaux in 1832, in 1833 at Havre, in 1857 at Lalusanne, and in 1862 at Luneray. Poulain died at Geneva, April 3, 1868. He published, Qu'est-ce qu'un Christianisme sans Dogmes et sans Miracle? (1863): — Reponse a Trois Lettres de M. Albert Reville (1864): — L'OEuvre des Missions Evangeliques (1867), an apologetical work of great value. See 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