Jackson, William (2)
an English divine, brother of Cyril Jackson, born in 1750, was educated' at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He obtained the degree of D.D. in 1799, and became, after having been preacher at Lincoln's Inn, canon of Christ Church, regius professor of Greek in 1811, and bishop of Oxford. He died in November, 1815. He published some of his sermons (1784-1804). See Rich, Bibliotheca Americana Nova, 1, 317.
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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