Wachter, Johann a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born in 1768. In 1807 he was appointed evangelical member of consistory and superintendent at Vienna; in 1819 he became director of the Protestant Theological Lutheran Seminary; and died April 26, 1827. In connection with K. Cleunmann, he published Allgem. prakt. Bibliothek für Prediger u. Schulmdinner (Vienna, 1801-3, 2 vols.). His own Sermons were published after his death by some friends (ibid. 1828, 2 vols.). See Winer, Handb. der theol. Literatur, 2, 37, 143. (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