Wabst Christlieb Gottwald a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born Oct. 14, 1694, at Dresden. He studied at Wittenberg, was appointed deacon at Oederan in 1726, pastor at Dobeln in 1733, superintendent at Rochlitz in 1735, where he died, June 25, , 1743, having in 1737 been honored with the doctorate of divinity by the Wittenberg University. He wrote, Toglicher Denkzettel in, geistlichen Betrachtungyen: Disputatio de Divina Essentia num Masculinumet Famininum Admittat: De intellectu Humano contra Jo. Lockium. See a NeueZeitungen von gelehrten Sachen; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-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