Pierpoint

Pierpoint

Pierpoint (spr. Pihrpeunt), John, geb. 1785 zu Litchfield im Staate Connecticut, studirte erst Rechtswissenschaften u. seit 1816 Theologie auf der Harvard-Universität in Cambridge u. wurde Prediger in Boston, später in Medford in Massachusetts; er schr.: Airs of Palestine, Bost. 1816 u. ö.; Poems, ebd. 1840 u.a.m.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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