William Farel
Also known as Guillaume Farel, Guilhem Farel
French evangelist
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- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,676x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,968x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,036x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,753x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,541x
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William Farel (French: Guillaume Farel [ɡijom faʁɛl]; 1489 – 13 September 1565) was a French evangelist, Protestant reformer and a founder of the Reformed Church in French-speaking Switzerland. He is most often remembered for having persuaded John Calvin to remain in Geneva in 1536, and for persuading him to return there in 1541, after their expulsion in 1538. The Genevan Reformation was so profound that it became known as the "Protestant Rome", where Protestants took refuge and their opponents such as Catholics and unitarians were driven out. Together with Calvin, Farel worked to train missionary preachers who spread the Protestant cause to other countries, especially to France.
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1489 births1565 deaths16th-century French male writers16th-century French theologiansFrench Calvinist and Reformed theologiansHuguenotsPeople from Dauphiné (French province)People from Gap, Hautes-AlpesSwiss Protestant ReformersTheologians from the Republic of GenevaUniversity of Paris alumniWriters from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur