Weissmann, Ehereeich a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born July 15, 1641, at Weyerburg, in Lower Austria. Religious intolerance obliged him to leave his country. He went to Wurtemberg and studied at Tubingen. In 1662 he was appointed pastor at Hirschau; in 1680 special superintendent and pastor atWaiblingen; in 1693 he was called to Stuttgart; was made general superintendent and abbot at Maulbronn in 1711: and died February 23, 1717. He wrote Rhetorica Sacra, besides ten vols. on homiletical subjects. See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 2:58; 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