Louis Massebieau
Jean Adolphe Massebieau, known as Louis, was a French Protestant historian and theologian.
In 1877 he became maître [de conférences ] at the Faculté de théologie protestante de Paris. In 1880 he was named maître de conférences at the École pratique des hautes études. His daughter, Louise Compain, was a feminist author and co-founder of the feminist movement in France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Principal works
- 1888: Le Traité de la vie contemplative et la question des thérapeutes - Treatise on the contemplative life and the question of therapists.
- 1895: L'Épître de Jacques est-elle l'œuvre d'un chrétien ? - The Epistle of James, is it the work of a Christian?.
- 1878: Les Colloques scolaires du seizième siècle et leurs auteurs : 1480–1570 - School conferences of the sixteenth century and their authors.
- 1906: Essai sur la chronologie de la vie et des œuvres de Philon - Essay on the chronology of the life and works of Philo.