Jean Séguy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Séguy

French sociologist

Date of Birth: 03-May-1925

Place of Birth: Annaba, Annaba Province, Algeria

Date of Death: 09-Nov-2007

Profession: sociologist of religion

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jean Séguy (3 May 1925 – 11 September 2007) was a French sociologist of religions. He was born in a Catholic family from south-western France.
In 1970, he was doctor of Letters, then research director of the CNRS.
Influenced by the work of Max Weber and Ernst Troeltsch, he was particularly interested in cults, religious conflicts and Christianity (especially Protestantism and its nonconformist sects, Seventh-day Adventism).
He was the author of a notable thesis on the Anabaptists and Mennonites.
He was also member of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales.
He died in Liancourt, Oise, aged 82.