Jean Meyer

Jean Meyer
BornJean Meyer Barth
(1942-02-08) 8 February 1942
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
OccupationAcademic, author
CitizenshipFrance
Mexico (since 1979)
Alma materSorbonne University
Paris Nanterre University
SubjectMexican Revolution
Cristero War
Manuel Lozada
History of Russia
RelativesYves Meyer

Jean Meyer Barth (born February 8, 1942) is a French-Mexican historian and author, known for his writings on early 20th-century Mexican history. He has published extensively on the Mexican Revolution and Cristero War, the history of Nayarit, and on the caudillo Manuel Lozada. He is a faculty member at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, and a Guggenheim Fellow.