Bosschaert, Thomas Willeborts an eminent Flemish painter, was born at Berg-op-Zoom in 1613, and studied at Antwerp under Gerard Segers. After remaining at Rome four years, he returned to Flanders, where he soon gained distinction by several pictures painted for the churches of the Low Countries. There is a work by him at the Hague, representing an emblematical subject of peace and war;
and in the Church of St. James at Bruges is another composition, representing the martyrdom of that saint. There are also some of his works in the Church of the Capuchins at Brussels. He died Jan. 23, 1656. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v., Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 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