Farel, William, a Swiss reformer, born at Dauphiné; introduced, in 1534, after two futile attempts, the reformed faith into Geneva, where he was succeeded in the management of affairs by John Calvin; he has been called the “pioneer of the Reformation in Switzerland and France” (1489‒1565).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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