Merriman JohnM

American historian specializing in modern French history who was a Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University. His books include The Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in the Fin-De-Siecle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror (2009) about the French Anarchist Emile Henry (1872–1894), Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune (2014) focusing on the Paris Commune of 1871, particularly on "The Bloody Week"; and Ballad of the Anarchist Bandits: The Crime Spree that Gripped Belle Epoque Paris (2017) a story of the Bonnot Gang. In 1980, he married Carol Virginia Payne; they had two children, Laura and Christopher. His wife died in 2016. He lived part of each year with his family in Balazuc, in southern France. Merriman died on 22 May 2022 at the age of 75 after a lengthy illness. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less