a colonial bishop of the Church of England, matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford; took the degree of B.A. in 1841; was ordained deacon in 1840 and presbyter in 1842; became fellow, tutor, and examiner of Exeter College in 184546; head master of Queen Elizabeth School, Ipswich, in 1850; and was consecrated bishop of Antigua in 1857, his jurisdiction comprising seven hundred and fifty-one square miles. He died of yellow fever at Antigua, West Indies, May 16, 1859. Bishop Rigaud was the author and editor of, Letters of Scientific Aen: — Newton and Contemporaries: — Defence of Halley against the Charge of Religious Infidelity: — Sermons on The Lord's Prayer, etc. See Amer. Quar. Church Rev. 1859, page 538.
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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