Wackernagel, Karl Eduard Philipp a German Protestant hymnologist of great note, was born at Berlin, June 28, 1800, where also he studied natural sciences and philology. In 1820 he was promoted at Erlangen as doctor of philosophy, and in 1861 the University of Breslau conferred on him the degree of doctor of divinity. He died June 20, 1877, at Dresden, where he had resided from 1860. Wackernagel was a member of different learned societies of Germany and Holland. Besides a number of works on mathematics and natural sciences, he published very important contributions to German hymnology, which made him an authority in that department. We name, Das deutsche Kirchenlied (Stuttgart, 1841): — Bibliographie zur Gesch. d. deutschen Kirchenliedes im 16. Jahrhundert (Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1855): — Lieder der niederldndischen Reformirten aus der Zeit der Vesfolgung im 16. Jahrhundert (1867): Das deutsche Kirchenlied von den altesten Zeiten (Leips. 1864-73, 4 vols.). Besides these, he published the hymns of Paul Gerhard, Martin Luther, and Johann Hermann. See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 2, 1408; Theologisches Universal-Lex. s.v.; Koch, Gesch. d. deutschen Kirchenliedes, 7:47 sq. (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