Ebeling, Christian a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Buickeburg, November 3, 1668. He studied at Jena; was in 1697 professor of philosophy at Rinteln; in 1708 professor of ethics, and in 1714 doctor and professor of theology. He died September 3, 1716, leaving De Mysterio Triziftatis (Lemgo, 1714): — Ethicae Christianae Compendiom (ibid. 1715): — Exameno Concilii Tridentini (ibid. 1716): — Theologia Homiletica (ibid. eod.). See Strieder, Hessische Gelehrten Geschichte; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten- Lexikon, 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