French Protestant clergyman; historical, theological and philosophical writer; born on the 21st of September 1822, at Nerac; from 1848 to 1851 was the pastor of a French-Swiss church in New York; since 1852 has held a professorship at Lausanne. He wrote many works on history and philosophy, among them Histoire de la Répubiique des États-Unis, 1620–1860 (1865); Théologie Allemande Contemporaine (1874); La Crise Théologique et Ecclésiastique (188i); Réalité, Franchise et Courage.
