Warner, John (1), D.D.
an English ecclesiastic, was born in the parish of St. Clement Danes, London, in 1585. He was elected demy of Magdaleon College, Oxford, in 1599; graduated A.B. in 1602; made perpetual fellow in 1605; dean of Lichfield in 1633; and bishop of Rochester, January 14, 1638. He died in 1666. Being a loyalist, he suffered during the usurpation of' Cromwell. He was the author of Church Lands not to be Sold (Lond. 1646): — and Letter to Dr. Jeremy Taylor concerning the Chapter on Original Sin in the Usum Necessarium (1656). He also published several sermons. He possessed considerable fortune, and was very liberal with:it, giving during his lifetime and bequeathing at his death some twenty thousand pounds for charitable purposes.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
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