Wilkinson, Henry eldest of those thus named, was born in the vicarage of Halifax, Yorkshire, October 9, 1566. He went to Oxford in 1581, was elected fellow of Merton College, and graduated in 1586 in 1601 became rector at Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, and died there, March 19, 1647. He was one of the Puritan divines of the Westminster Assembly, and wrote, A Catechism: — Debt-book, etc.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
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