Hospice-Anthelme Verreau
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Hospice-Anthelme Verreau (6 September 1828 – 15 May 1901) was a French-Canadian priest, educator, and historian.
Born in l'Islet, P.Q.
, Lower Canada
, the son of Germain-Alexandre Verreau and Ursule Fournier, Verreau left his classical course at the Quebec
Seminary and taught at Ste Thérèse College. In 1857, he was appointed principal of the newly founded Jacques-Cartier Normal School, an office he held until his death. He was made a Lit.D. of Laval
(1878) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
. In 1873 he was commissioned by the Quebec Government to investigate certain European archives for materials relating to Canadian history. Besides many contributions to the Historical Society of Montreal, of which he was the first president, and to the Royal Society of Canada
, he published (1870–73) two volumes of memoirs concerning the invasion of Canada by the Americans.
He died in Montreal, Quebec in 1901.
Born in l'Islet, P.Q.
L'Islet, Quebec
L'Islet is a municipality within the Regional County Municipality of L'Islet in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River halfway between Quebec City and Rivière-du-Loup...
, Lower Canada
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
, the son of Germain-Alexandre Verreau and Ursule Fournier, Verreau left his classical course at the Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
Seminary and taught at Ste Thérèse College. In 1857, he was appointed principal of the newly founded Jacques-Cartier Normal School, an office he held until his death. He was made a Lit.D. of Laval
Université Laval
Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...
(1878) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
. In 1873 he was commissioned by the Quebec Government to investigate certain European archives for materials relating to Canadian history. Besides many contributions to the Historical Society of Montreal, of which he was the first president, and to the Royal Society of Canada
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
, he published (1870–73) two volumes of memoirs concerning the invasion of Canada by the Americans.
He died in Montreal, Quebec in 1901.
Chief publications
- Notice sur la fondation de Montréal;
- Des commencements de l'église du Canada;
- Jacques CartierJacques CartierJacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...
; Questions du calendrier civil et ecclésiastique; Questions de droit politique, de législation et d'usages maritimes