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Henry Martyn Baird
1832–1906
A careful American historian and educator, remembered above all for bringing the story of the French Huguenots to a wide English-speaking audience. His books combine deep research with a clear sense of the religious and political drama of early modern Europe.
2 Audiobooks
History of the Rise of the Huguenots, Vol. 1
by Henry Martyn Baird
History of the Rise of the Huguenots, Vol. 2
by Henry Martyn Baird
About the author
Born in Philadelphia in 1832, Henry Martyn Baird spent part of his youth in Europe with his father, the Presbyterian writer Robert Baird. He graduated from New York University, studied at Union Theological Seminary and Princeton Theological Seminary, and went on to teach Greek at the University of the City of New York.
Baird is best known for his major historical works on the Huguenots, including History of the Rise of the Huguenots of France, The Huguenots and Henry of Navarre, and The Huguenots and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. These books helped establish his reputation as a patient, serious scholar of the French Reformation.
Alongside his historical writing, he also worked as a minister and religious editor. He died in 1906, leaving behind a body of work still valued by readers interested in Protestant history, France, and the upheavals of the Reformation era.