Who is John Calvin from Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education: A Biographical Introduction and what is their importance?

John Calvin was a theologian and Protestant Reformation educator recognized primarily for his religious movement called Calvinism. John Calvin lived from 1509-1564 during the Protestant Reformation when there was intense religious interest to replace the Catholic catechism with the Bible. John Calvin was born the second son of a civil servant Geurad Calvin near Noyon, France. His middle-class childhood was shaped by his father's semi-administrative, legal position that gave John a juridical and legalistic view. John studied in Paris with preeminent Latin scholars and studied civil law at University of Orleans where he was introduced to Luther's reformist theology. His legal mind analyzed the Bible and early church writing to conclude the Roman Catholic Church conflicted with his own interpretation.