Henry Martyn Baird
Encyclopedia
Henry Martyn Baird was an American
historian
and educationalist. He is best known as a historian of the Huguenots.
(1798–1863), a Presbyterian preacher and author who worked both in the United States
and in Europe
for the cause of temperance, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, on January 17, 1832.
He spent eight years of his early youth with his father in Paris
and Geneva
, and in 1850 graduated at New York University
. He then lived for two years in Italy
and Greece
, was a student in the Union Theological Seminary
in New York City
from 1853 to 1855, and in 1856 graduated at the Princeton Theological Seminary
. He was a tutor for four years in the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University
), and from 1859 until his death was professor of Greek language
and literature in New York University.
He also published Modern Greece, A Narrative of a Residence and Travels in that Country (1856); a biography of his father, The Life of the Rev. Robert Baird, D.D. (1866); and Theodore Beza
, the Counsellor of the French Reformation (1899). He died in New York city in November 1906.
United States
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historian
Historian
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and educationalist. He is best known as a historian of the Huguenots.
Life
He was a son of Robert BairdRobert Baird (clergyman)
Robert Baird was an American clergyman and author. He was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, and graduated at Jefferson College in 1818 and at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1822. He taught at an academy at Princeton, New Jersey for five years while tutoring at the College...
(1798–1863), a Presbyterian preacher and author who worked both in the United States
United States
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and in Europe
Europe
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for the cause of temperance, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, on January 17, 1832.
He spent eight years of his early youth with his father in Paris
Paris
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and Geneva
Geneva
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, and in 1850 graduated at New York University
New York University
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. He then lived for two years in Italy
Italy
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and Greece
Greece
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, was a student in the Union Theological Seminary
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of theology, located in Manhattan between Claremont Avenue and Broadway, 120th to 122nd Streets. The seminary was founded in 1836 under the Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with nearby Columbia...
in New York City
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from 1853 to 1855, and in 1856 graduated at the Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary is a theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church located in the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey in the United States...
. He was a tutor for four years in the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University
Princeton University
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), and from 1859 until his death was professor of Greek language
Greek language
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and literature in New York University.
Works
His work on the Huguenots appeared in three parts, entitled respectively History of the Rise of the Huguenots of France (2 vols, 1879), The Huguenots and Henry of Navarre (2 vols, 1886), and The Huguenots and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (2 vols, 1895), is described by the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica as being "characterized by painstaking thoroughness, by a judicial temper, and by scholarship of a high order".He also published Modern Greece, A Narrative of a Residence and Travels in that Country (1856); a biography of his father, The Life of the Rev. Robert Baird, D.D. (1866); and Theodore Beza
Theodore Beza
Theodore Beza was a French Protestant Christian theologian and scholar who played an important role in the Reformation...
, the Counsellor of the French Reformation (1899). He died in New York city in November 1906.