About the Author
Williston Walker (1860-1922) was born in Portland, Maine. An American church historian, he taught at Yale and the Hartford Theological Seminary. His writings include On the Increase of Royal Power Under Philip Augustus (1888), The Creeds and Platforms of Congregationalism (1893), The Reformation (1900), Ten New England Leaders (1901), John Calvin (1906), and Great Men of the Christian Church (1908).
