Ford Lewis Battles | |
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| Born | 30 January 1915 Erie, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | 22 November 1979 Grand Rapids, Michigan, US |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, theologian |
| Known for | Calvin studies |
| Spouse | Marion Davis (m. 1945) |
| Children | Nancy Marion (b. 1946), Emily Stewart (b. 1951) |
Ford Lewis Battles (30 Jan 1915 – 22 Nov 1979) was an American historian and theologian and one of the foremost scholars of John Calvin. He was an important contributor to the twentieth-century renaissance of Calvin studies, bequeathing his legacy in the masterly translation of Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion (1960) published under the editorship of the Canadian-born scholar, Dr. John T. McNeill.[1]