Canfield (Or Canfeld), Benedict (originally WILLIAM OF FILOH), an English theologian, was born at Canfield, Essex, in 1564. At first a Puritan, he became a Roman Catholic; went to France, and joined the Capuchins of Meudou, near Paris. In 1599 he returned to England, was imprisoned for three years, and then released, at the request of Henry IV of France. He went back to France, where, after taking charge of several convents, he died, in 1610, leaving, Exercices Spirituels (Paris, 1608): — Soliloque (ibid. eod. 12mo):Le Chevalier Chretien (ibid. 1609, 12mo). His chief work is Regle de Perfection, first published ill English, and translated into Dutch and French (5th French ed., 1698, 12mo). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Landon, Eccles. Dict. 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