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16th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians

  • John CalvinOn the 10th of July 1509, a boy named Jehan Cauvin was born in the town of Noyon within the province of Picardy. His father Gérard Cauvin worked as a…
  • Thomas CranmerThomas Cranmer entered the world on the 2nd of July 1489 at Aslockton in Nottinghamshire, England. He was a younger son of Thomas Cranmer and his wife Agnes…
  • Huldrych ZwingliHuldrych Zwingli was born on the 1st of January 1484 in Wildhaus, a village nestled deep within the Toggenburg valley of Switzerland.
  • John KnoxJohn Knox was born sometime between 1505 and 1515 in Giffordgate, a street in Haddington, East Lothian. His father William Knox worked as a merchant while…