Vallarsi, Domenico an Italian antiquarian, was born at Verona, Nov. 13, 1702, and studied the humanities with the Jesuits with such success that at the age of twelve he maintained a public thesis on philosophy. He afterwards enter the order and applied himself to the study of Hebrew, Greek, and ecclesiastical history. He finally went to Rome as reviser of the ancient languages, and there became a noted authority on the antiquities of the Middle Ages, a subject on which he wrote several works. He also edited the Opera, Omnia of Jerome (Verona, 1734, 12 vols. fol.), and those of Tyrannus. Rufinus (ibid. 1745, 4to). He died at Verona, Aug. 14,1771. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé, 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