Jean Réville, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Réville

French theologian

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1854

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 06-May-1908

Profession: theologian, professeur des universités

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jean Réville (6 November 1854 – 6 May 1908) was a French Protestant theologian born in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
He was the son of theologian Albert Réville (1826–1906). He studied theology at Geneva, Berlin and Heidelberg, obtaining his licentiate in theology in Paris (1880).
He subsequently became a pastor in Sainte-Suzanne, Doubs, and in 1886 received his doctorate in theology at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris.
In 1894 he was appointed professor of patristics to the theological faculty at the Sorbonne. Réville was a prominent figure in French Liberal Protestantism.
From 1884 until his death, he was editor of the Revue de l'Histoire des Religions.