Henri-Raymond Casgrain
Henri-Raymond Casgrain (16 December 1831 – 11 February 1904) was a French Canadian Roman Catholic priest, author, publisher, and historian. He is the author of some of the best works in Quebec literature.[1]
Born in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada, the son Charles-Eusèbe Casgrain and Eliza Anne Baby, he studied at College of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. In 1852, he enrolled in the Montreal School of Medicine and Surgery, but became a priest in 1856. He started teaching at the College of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière until he was forced to give up teaching because of ill health. In 1859, he was appointed curate of the parish of La Nativité-de-Notre-Dame at Beauport and was free to devote himself entirely to literary pursuits.[2]
From 1889 to 1890, he was the president of the Royal Society of Canada.
Selected bibliography
- Histoire de la Mère Marie de l'Incarnation (1864)
- Histoire de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (1878)
- Une paroisse canadienne au XVIIe siècle (1880)
- Pélerinage au pays d'Évangéline (1855)
- Montcalm et Lévis (1891)
- Une seconde Acadie (1894)
- Histoire de l'asile du Bon-Pasteur de Québec (1890)
- Les Sulpiciens et les prêtres des Missions étrangères en Acadie(1897)
References
- ^
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Henri Raymond Casgrain". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ "Henri-Raymond Casgrain". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
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