Jean Adolphe Massebieau (12 June 1840 – 22 September 1904), known as Louis, was a French

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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

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(section of religious sciences).Louis Massebieau (1840-1904)
Bibliothèque Nationale de France. His daughter,

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, 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

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, is it the work of a Christian?. *1878: '' Les Colloques scolaires du seizième siècle et leurs auteurs : 1480–1570'' (reprint 1973) – School conferences of the sixteenth century and their authors (1480–1570). *1906: '' Essai sur la chronologie de la vie et des œuvres de Philon'' (with

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) – Essay on the chronology of the life and works of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Massebieau, Louis 1840 births 1904 deaths People from Nîmes French Calvinist and Reformed theologians 19th-century French Christian theologians 19th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians 19th-century French historians Academic staff of the École pratique des hautes études