Anton, Paul a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born in 1661 at Hirschfeld, in Upper Lusatia. He studied at Leipsic; accompanied, in 1687, prince Friedrich August of Saxony on his tour through France, Spailn, Portugal, and Italy; was appointed, in 1689, superintendent at Rochlitz, and in. 1692 court-preacher at Eisemiach; at the suggestion of Spener he was called, in 1695,-to Halle as professor of theology and member of the Magdeburg Consistory; and died in 1730. He was one of the founders of the Pietistic School at Halle; where he had labored together with the famous Franke. Of his writings, the most important is his Collegium Antitheticum (edited by Schwentzel in 1732). See Herzog, Real-Encyklop. s.v.; Lichtenberger, Encyclopedie des Sciences Religieuses, 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