an eminent English divine; was born about 1665. He became a commoner of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1679; graduated in 1683; was admitted probationer fellow of Merton College in 1684; became rector of Lapwiorth and of Solihull, Warwickshire; archdeacon of Cardigan in 1727; and died in 1739. He was the author of, Defence of the Church of England (1692): — Husbandman's Manual (1695): — Articuli XXXIX Ecclesice Anglicanae Textibus e Scriptura Depromptis Confirmalti, etc. (1713); translated into English (1740); his most famous work: — Doctrine of Baptism (1706): — Dr. Clarkes Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity Examined, etc. (1714): — Conference with an Arian (1721): — and other works. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.
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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