by Perry Gethner

Christine McCall Probes, who passed away on November 14, 2021, at the age of 78, was a pillar of the French early modern studies community and particularly of the NASSCFL society. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, she took her B.A. from Huntingdon College in that city. Following research and study at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and the Université de Strasbourg, she earned a Ph.D. from Tulane University. It was there that she met her husband, the Rev. Dr. Harold Probes, who would have a distinguished career as a Presbyterian pastor.Their marriage lasted 46 years, until his death.

Christine’s first full-time position was at Florida Atlantic University, but because she chose to follow her husband in his various moves, her teaching during her early years in the profession was limited to interim or part-time positions: these were at Mississippi College in Clinton, and later at the University of South...