a learned English divine, was a native of Middlesex, and became a commoner of Queen's College, Oxford, in 1650, where he took his A.M. in 1657. In 1660 he was elected fellow of All-Souls, and entered holy orders at about the same time. He was first preferred to the rectory of Welwvn, in Hertfordshire, and took his degree of D.D. in 1677. An April, 1692, he was inducted into the living of St. Andrew Undershaft, London, to which he was presented by king William. He died in October, 1697, and was interred at Welwyn. His works are, A Brief Account of Some Expressions in St. Athanatsius's Creed (Oxford, 1663, 4to): — An Explication of the Decalogue, or Ten Commandments, and an Explication of the Catechism of the Church of England (Loud. 1676-88, 4 pts. fol.):Of the Sacraments in General, etc. (ibid. 1686, 8vo): — Of the Sacrament of Baptism in Particular among the Heathen and Jews, etc. (1687, 8vo). See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. S.v.; Allibone Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.; Darling, Cyclop. Bibliog. s.v.
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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