James M. Stayer

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James M. Stayer (born 1935) is a historian specializing in the German Reformation, particularly the anabaptist movement. He is also a Professor Emeritus at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. [1] Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Stayer received his PhD from Cornell University in 1964. After teaching at Ithaca College, Bridgewater College and Bucknell University, he moved to Canada in 1968 to teach at Queen's University. He became a Canadian citizen in 1977.

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  1. "James Stayer". Queens University. Archived from the original on 10 December 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  2. Klaassen, Walter (1 December 1982). "The Anabaptists and Thomas Müntzer. Edited by James M. Stayer and Werner O. Packull. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1980. v + 167 pp". Church History. Cambridge University Press. 51 (4): 455–6. doi:10.2307/3166208. ISSN   1755-2613. JSTOR   3166208. S2CID   162420689 . Retrieved 28 April 2014.