Noun: Calvin kal-vin
- Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
- John Calvin, Jean Cauvin, Jean Caulvin, Jean Chauvin
- United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-1997)
- Melvin Calvin
Type of: chemist, theologian, theologiser [Brit], theologist, theologizer
Encyclopedia: Calvin, Pennsylvania