Venturini, Karl a Protestant theologian of Germany and doctor of philosophy, was born at Brunswick, Jan. 30, 1771, and died in 1849. He is the author of, Geist der kritischen Philosophie in Beziehung auf Moral u. Religion (Altona, 1796- 97 ): — Natiirliche Geschichte des grossen Propheten von Nazareth (1800-2, 3 pts.): Nachtrag dazu (Copenhagen, 1802): — Geschichte des Urchristenthums in Zusammenhang mit der natuirlichen Geschichte des grossen Propheten (ibid. 1807-9, 2 vols.). Under the name of Phosphor he published Vom religiosen Schwindel, wie solcher sich neuerlich in dem Streite der preussischen Regierung mit der ronmischen Curie zur Schau gestellt hat (Brunswick, 1839). See Winer, Handbuch der theolog. Literatur, 1, 284, 379; 2, 203; Zuchold, Bibl Theolog. 2, 995; Theologisches Universal-Lexikon, 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