McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Alexander, John (3)

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Alexander, John (3)


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an English Unitarian minister, was born in Ireland, of English parents, in 1736. After receiving a grammar-school education, he was sent to the Dissenting Academy at Daventry, from which he. went to Dr. Benson. He afterwards entered the ministry, preaching in or near Birmingham, but principally at the small village of London. He died suddenly, Dec. 28, 1765. After his death, the Rev. John Palmer of London published a work of his entitled A Paraphrase upon Ch. 15 of 1 Cor., with notes: — Commentary on Ch.6, 7, and 8 of Romans — and a Sermon on Ecclesiastes 9, 10 (1766. 4to).