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Henry Martyn Baird
1832–1906
Best known for chronicling the Huguenots, this American historian brought the drama of the French Reformation to life for English-speaking readers. His books blend careful scholarship with a strong interest in faith, exile, and religious freedom.
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 on January 17, 1832, he was the son of Presbyterian minister and writer Robert Baird. Part of his youth was spent in Europe, including years in Paris and Geneva, an experience that helped shape his lifelong interest in French Protestant history.
He studied at the University of the City of New York, Union Theological Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary, and later taught as a professor of Greek at the University of the City of New York. He also served in religious and literary work, but he became especially well known as a historian.
His reputation rests chiefly on his major works about the Huguenots and the French Reformation, including books on the rise of the Huguenots and on their struggles under Catherine de' Medici. He died in New York in November 1906 and is still remembered as one of the most notable American writers on French Protestant history.