a Lutheran minister, was born in Hanover, Germany, May 22, 1774. He was educated at the University of Gottingen; employed for a time in a young ladies' seminary, and also as private tutor in a nobleman's family. In 1801 he arrived in America, acted as tutor three years to the son of Mr. Bohlen, a Philadelphia merchant, then visited Europe. Returning to the United States, was shipwrecked, but his life was saved. In 1805 he accepted a call to Schoharie, N.Y.; in 1816 was pastor of various churches in Columbia County; for several years had charge of the academy at Clermont, and died there, November 1, 1865. Dr. Wackerhagen was a diligent student of ancient and modern languages. For twelve years he presided over the New York Ministerium, and was an original trustee of Hartwick Seminary. Except a sermon on the Lutheran Pulpit, the only work he published was a German volume, Faith and Morals (Philadelphia, 1804). See Fifty Years in the Lutheran Ministry (1878), page 63.
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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