a Baptist missionary, was born at Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, Dec. 15,1792. He was educated at Bristol College, and went to Calcutta as a missionary in 1815. He settled at Serampore, where, after the death of Dr. Carey, he devoted himself entirely to translating, and to preparing textbooks. He visited England and the United States in 1827-29, and in 1845 embarked for England on account of his health, but died on the Red Sea, July 3 of that year. He translated the whole Bible into Bengalee; the New Test and most of the Old into Sanskrit, and the New Test. into Hindee and Hindostanee. Amonghis most important publications were, A Grammar of the Sanscrit Language on a New Plan (1820): — Sanscrit Vocabulary (cod.): — Introduction to the Hindostanee Language (1827): — Dictionary, Hindostanee and English (1836): — Biblical Apparatus, in four parts (1837): — Theory of the Hebrew Verb; and Introduction to the Bengalee Language (posthumous; edited by J. Wenger, 1847). A Memoir (1847) of him has been written by Dr. James Hoby. See Allibone, Dict. Of Brit. and Amer. Authors, 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