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.