John M. Merriman
John Mustard Merriman (born 1946) is a Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of many books including his most well known "A History of Modern Europe since the Renaissance" (1996 & 2002), a popular survey text for undergraduate history classes at many American universities and colleges. Merriman was born and raised in Oregon, where he attended a Jesuit all-boys high-school, although he does not consider himself religious. His favorite music is The Rolling Stones, "[I’ve] never written a thing without a record on." Merriman formed many of his current  political views during the volatile Vietnam years; he still describes himself as "virulently anti-establishment". His recent 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. He received his Ph.D. and B.A. at the University of Michigan . Merriman teaches French and Modern European history and first began teaching at Yale in the mid-1970s, where he still resides. He was the seventh master of Branford College (1983-1991). He lives part of each year with his family in France. Published works. Books Edited books Lectures