Gaussein, FRANÇOIS S. R. LOUIS

Gaussein, FRANÇOIS S. R. LOUIS, a Swiss Reformed theologian, born at Geneva, 25th August 1790, was pastor at Satigny near Geneva, and took an active part in the church controversies of the time, until dismissed in 1831 by the State Council of Geneva, because he, with Merle d'Aubigné, had taken part in establishing the Société Évangélique, one object of which was the founding of a new theological school for the maintenance of the old Calvinism. From 1836 till his retirement in 1857 he lectured with success in the new college, and died at Les Grottes, Geneva, 18th June 1863. Of his writings may be named La Theopneustie, ou Pleine Inspiration des Saintes Écritures (1840), a defence of plenary inspiration, which became popular in England and America; and Le Canon des Saintes Écritures au double point de vue de la Science et de la Foi (1860).