Rohrich, Timotheus Wilhellm a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Alt-Eckendorf in 1802. He studied at Strasburg and Gottingen, and performed the ministerial functions at Furdenheim, in Alsace. In 1837 he was called as pastor to Strasburg, and died in 1860. Rohrich published, Geschichte der Reformation in Elsass und besonders in Strassburg (1830-32, 3 volumes): Matthias Zell (1850): — Mittheilungen aus der Geschichte der
evangelischen Kirche des Elscsses (1855, 3 volumes): — besides, he contributed largely to the Zeitschrift fur historische Theologie and the Strassburger theologische Beitrage. See Reuss, in Denkschrift der theologischen Gesellschaft zu Strassburg (Jena, 1861); 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