1863,History of the Reformation in Europe at the Time of Calvin 1st Ed

Although considered partisan toward the Presbyterian church organization, he revitalized Protestant church historical scholarship and assembled more source documents than any other historian up to his time.

Merle d Aubigne s major work, in two parts, consists of the popular Histoire de la Reformation du seizieme siecle, 1835 to 53 History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, 1838 to 41 and the more scholarly Histoire de la Reformation en Europe au temps de Calvin, 1863 to 78 History of the Reformation in Europe at the Time of Calvin.

Jean Henri Merle d Aubigne, born August 16, 1794, Les Eaux, Vives, Switzerland and died October 21, 1872, Geneva, Swiss Protestant minister, historian of the Reformation, and advocate of Evangelical Free Church Christianity.

The son of Protestant refugees from France, Merle d Aubigne studied theology at Geneva and was ordained in 1817.

While studying in Germany during the anniversary celebration of the German Reformation at Eisenach, he decided to write a history of Martin Luther and his time.

After further work in Berlin, where he was influenced by the church historian J.A.W. Neander, he served as pastor at Hamburg and court preacher in Brussels.

Returning to Geneva, he became a professor in the theological school of the Evangelical Society of Geneva.