Maurice Vernes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maurice Vernes

French theologian

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1845

Place of Birth: Nauroy, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 29-Jul-1923

Profession: theologian, university teacher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Maurice Vernes (25 September 1845, in Nauroy – 29 July 1923, in Paris) was a French Protestant theologian and historian of religion.He studied theology at the Protestant seminary in Montauban and the University of Strasbourg, receiving his doctorate in 1874.
From 1877 he taught as a lecturer at the Sorbonne, and two years later, became a professor at the Faculté de théologie protestante de Paris (Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris).
In 1886, he was named director-adjoint at the École pratique des hautes études (section on religious sciences).
From 1901 he taught classes as a professor at the Collège libre des sciences sociales (CLSS) in Paris.In 1880 he founded the journal, Revue de l'Histoire des religions.