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Adams, John ?-?
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Ainslie, Thomas 1729-1806
Born in Scotland, Ainslie came to North America at age 19. He settled in Halifax and moved to Quebec soon after the British conquest. There, he found employment as a customs collector and served in this capacity for almost 40 years. During the American Revolution, Ainslie joined the British militias and kept a daily journal of the 1775-1776 siege of Quebec.
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Alphonse, Jean 1487-1544
Jean Fontenaud, dit Jean Alfonse de Saintonge, was a renowned ship’s captain. He piloted Roberval's attempt to colonize Canada on the heels of Jacques Cartier's third voyage, spending the harsh winter of 1542-1543 at France-Roy (today’s Cap Rouge).
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Anderson, William James 1812-1873
Raised in Scotland, Anderson studied medicine at Edinburgh. In the 1830s, he worked as a young emigrant doctor in the Maritimes, investigating mining operations in his spare time. After a bout in Upper Canada, he moved to Quebec City in the 1860s. He served two terms as president of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, and his archival and publishing work led to renewed dynamism.
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Ashe, Edward David
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Ashe, Edward David 1813-1895
Born in England, Ashe entered the Royal Navy after studying gunnery. A shipboard accident put an end to his military career in 1849. Ashe was offered the directorship of a proposed observatory at Quebec. He proved to be a resourceful and productive scientist. His determinations of longitude laid the groundwork for the subsequent half-century of practical astronomy in Canada, and his solar researches mark him as Canada's first astrophysicist.
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Ashe, William Austin 185?-1893
Ashe began his career as a surveyor in Quebec City. In 1886, he took over the directorshipof the Quebec observatory from his father Edward David Ashe.
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Austin, Francis William Gowen ?-?
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Baddeley, Frederick Henry 1794-1879
Born in England, Baddeley served in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars and was later posted to Quebec. Geology in Canada was first studied by British military officers, and the value of Baddeley's work was recognized by later geologists. He was one of the original members of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec and served as its president in 1829.
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Badeaux, Jean-Baptiste 1741-1796
Born in Quebec City, Badeaux worked as a notary and justice of the peace in Trois-Rivières. He sided with the Royalists during the American invasion of 1775, and was sent to present a petition to Richard Montgomery, asking him to see that the lives and possessions of the citizens were respected.
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Baillairgé, Charles
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Baillairgé, Charles 1826-1906
Born in Quebec City, Charles Baillairgé belonged to the fourth generation of a dynasty of sculptors, painters, and architects. He designed almost 200 buildings, many of them in Quebec City. He also authored over 250 books and articles. Baillairgé was also an inventor and educator, whose Stereometrical Tableau became an award-winning teaching tool. Some claim that he built the first automobile in North America at the age of 17!
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Bayfield, Henry Wolsey 1795-1885
Born in England, Bayfield entered the Royal Navy as a volunteer at the age of 11. Various promotions led to a role as nautical surveyor in Canada. Though later superseded through the use of better surveying technology, Bayfield's charts helped guide innumerable ships through the treacherous waters of the Saint Lawrence system for over 50 years.
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Berthelot, Amable 1777-1847
Born in Quebec City, Berthelot worked as a lawyer in Trois-Rivières. He served in the local militia during the War of 1812 and was later elected to Parliament. Berthelot also had a considerable interest in history, amassing a large library and financing the publication of François-Xavier Garneau's Histoire du Canada.
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Bonnycastle, Richard Henry 1791-1847
Born in England, Bonnycastle became an officer of the British army active in Upper Canada. As a military engineer, Bonnycastle oversaw the fortification of Fort Henry in modern Kingston, Ontario. He was also a prominent painter in the early days of York (Toronto).
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Bouchette, Robert-Shore-Milnes 1805-1879
Born in Quebec City, Bouchette began his career as a lawyer. He then worked as a surveyor with his father Joseph Bouchette, publishing maps of Canada. In the 1830s, he joined the revolutionary Patriote movement, and was imprisoned and later exiled to Bermuda for his activities. In 1845 he returned to Canada and worked in several government jobs.
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Boxer, Frederick N. ?-?
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Caldwell, Henry 1735-1810
Born in Ireland, Caldwell led a military life and served on the British side during the battle of the Plains of Abraham. After his retirement in 1774, he became a major landowner and participated in the attack on American rebels in 1775-76. He was made a member of the Legislative Council in 1776 and had an important political career in the colonial government.
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Campbell, Archibald
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Campbell, Archibald 1823-1906
Born in Quebec City, Campbell was drawn to Australia during the gold rush in the 1850s, a tale told by his wife Isabella Prior in her book Rough and Smooth. He returned after two years, working as a barrister and proto-notary in Quebec City for most of his life. He served as President of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec in 1894-95.
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Campbell, John 1840-1904
Born in Scotland, Campbell studied divinity in Toronto. He later worked as a professor in various Presbyterian colleges in the country. Campbell wrote extensively, showing a particular interest in anthropology and languages. Charges of heresy were brought against him after a sermon in 1893, leading to a one-year suspension from teaching.
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Cartier, Jacques
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Cartier, Jacques 1491-1557
Born in France, Cartier was sent by the king of France to explore North America on a mission to discover gold and a passage to Asia. He made three voyages in the 1530s and 1540s. He was the first to use the name 'Canada' in reference to the lands explored. Cartier's expeditions marked the starting point of France's occupation of three-quarters of a continent.
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Casgrain, Philippe Baby
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Casgrain, Philippe Baby 1826-1917
Born in Quebec City, Casgrain was a lawyer, author and political figure. He served as a Liberal member in the House of Commons from 1873 to 1891. After retiring, he wrote about history and served several terms as president of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec.
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Clark, Wylie C. 1866
Born at Horning's Mills, Ontario, Clark was ordained as a minister in 1894. He served as pastor in Presbyterian and Chalmers churches in Brampton, Ontario; Quebec City; and Saskatoon. He obtained a Doctor of Divinity degree at Manitoba College in 1921.
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Claus, Daniel 1727-1787
Born in Germany, Claus came to America seeking new opportunities. He learned the Mohawk language and later received employment as an Indian Department Official. Claus played an important role as an interpreter and diplomat in negotiations with the Indians. After the fall of New France, he was posted to Montreal and lived through the turbulence of the American invasion, continuing his work in the Indian Department.
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Cochrane, Andrew
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Cochrane, Andrew William 1793-1849
Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Cochrane was a high ranking civil servant and lawyer, considered the right-hand man of Governor Dalhousie. He was the archetypal bureaucrat of his time; to him, office holding was a matter of class and a British prerogative. He served four terms as president of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec.
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Coffin, William Foster 1808-1878
Born in England, Coffin grew up between Quebec and Britain. He finally established himself in Quebec City, completing studies in law. Coffin worked primarily as a civil servant and was frequently called upon to investigate matters of law and order. A proud British patriot, Coffin wrote books to instil a sense of Canadian nationalism and had a distinguished military career.
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Couper, William ?-?
Nothing is known of William Couper's youth but he arrived in Canada in the 1840s. He lived in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, and New York. Couper worked as a typographer for most of his life. He had a keen interest in the natural sciences, particularly entomology, and founded entomological societies in Canada.
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Daintry, Valentine ?-?
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Davies, William H. A. ?-?
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Denys de Vitré, Théodose-Matthieu 1724-1775
Born in Quebec, Vitré sailed regularly between Bordeaux and New France. He was captured by the British in 1757 and collaborated with the British fleet that captured Quebec in 1759 by leading them down the Saint-Lawrence. Vitré's accounts of the event are filled with falsehoods, making it difficult to separate fiction from fact.
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Desmazières de Séchelles, M.C; et al. ?-?
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Dollier de Casson, François 1636-1701
Born in France, Dollier de Casson joined the priesthood and was active as a missionary and explorer in New France. He became superior of the Sulpicians in 1671, the order that controlled the city of Montreal. Dollier de Casson laid out the city's first streets and took part in the erection of the first Notre Dame church.
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Douglas, George Mellis 1809-1864
Born in Scotland, Douglas worked as a doctor in Quebec City. He was medical superintendent at the Grosse Ile quarantine station during the worst years of the Irish famine. Over 5,000 people died of cholera on the island in the summer of 1847, including many of his medical colleagues. A few years later, sick and depressed, Douglas committed suicide.
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Douglas, James 1800-1886
Born in Scotland, Douglas worked as a doctor in Quebec City. He took charge of the city's Marine and Emigrant hospital in 1837, and later founded Quebec's first psychiatric hospital. Douglas was also an amateur Egyptologist, and brought back mummies from his travels to the Middle East. One of these was recently discovered to be the mummy of Ramses II.
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Douglas, James, Jr.
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Douglas, James, Jr. 1837-1918
Born in Quebec City, Douglas pursued various careers before settling on mining. Along with colleague T. Sterry Hunt, they elaborated a patent for the 'Hunt and Douglas' process of extracting copper from its ore. In 1881, Douglas was recruited by the trading company Phelps Dodge. He eventually became President and helped transform it into the Fortune 500 company it is today.
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Fabre, Hector
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Fabre, Hector 1834-1910
Born in Montreal, Fabre began his career as a journalist and newspaper owner, many of his articles imbued with Francophone nationalism. He was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1875, and later sent as a General Agent in Paris, one of the first diplomatic postings in Canadian history.
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Finlay, Hugh 1730-1801
Born in Scotland, Finlay came to Quebec City in 1763. He began his career as a merchant and was later appointed Postmaster at Quebec. Soon, he became 'Surveyor of the Post roads in the Continent of North America,' working along the eastern seaboard. He fought alongside the British in the American Revolution. Finlay was later involved in land speculation schemes, which contributed to his financial ruin.
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Fisher, John Charlton 1794-1849
Born in England, Fisher obtained a doctorate in law and eventually made his way to Quebec City, where he took over as publisher of the Quebec Gazette. Through his instigations, Lord Dalhousie founded the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec in 1824. Fisher was named president in 1846 and also played a role in other local associations.
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Fletcher, Edward Taylor 1817-1897
Born in England, Fletcher came to Quebec City with his parents at the age of ten. He first worked as an architect with his cousin Frederick Hacker and later as a surveyor. Fletcher helped set up an organization which set standards for the surveying profession in 1882. He is also known for his contribution to 19th-century Canadian literature in English.
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Fletcher, John ?-?
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Fraser, Malcolm 1733-1815
Born in Scotland, Fraser took part in the sieges of Louisbourg and Quebec during the Seven Years War. After the war, he was appointed seigneur of La Malbaie, and later purchased many seigneuries east of Quebec City. He served as a captain for the Royal Highland Emigrants during the American invasion.
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Gagnon, Ernest
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Gagnon, Ernest 1834-1915
Born in Louiseville, Quebec, Gagnon worked primarily as an organist and composer and was a significant figure in Quebec's musical history. He worked as a professor of music at Laval University and later as a public official. His writings, including a biography of explorer Louis Jolliet, situate him within the nationalist movement that followed the Patriote rebellions of 1837-38.
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Grant, Thomas Hunter 1833-1917
Born in Quebec, Grant worked as a businessman in the city for most of his life. He invested in shipbuilding, lumber, and insurance. Grant was also a significant force on the Quebec Board of Trade, helping to keep the economy of Quebec City going at a time when it was losing momentum.
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Green, William 1787-1832
Born in Quebec, Green studied law and worked in the field for most of his life. He also played a role in the city's intellectual circles, serving as one of the more active early members of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - his paper on colouring materials was awarded a gold medal in London.
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Grey, Louisa Elizabeth 1797-1841
Born in England, Grey is the daughter of British Prime Minister Charles Grey (the 2nd Earl Grey, of tea fame). She came to Canada in 1838 and 1839 with her husband John Langton (Lord Durham), whose controversial report led to the union of Upper and Lower Canada. Her writings chronicle upper-class colonial life during this period.
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Hale, John
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Hale, John 1765-1838
Born in England, Hale grew up in a wealthy military family and worked in a variety of important government and military functions in Quebec City. He was a member of the legislative council within the government for 30 years. Hale purchased the seigneurie of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, spending his winters in the manor house.
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Hall, Archibald 1812-1868
Born in Montreal, Hall studied medicine in Edinburgh and practiced at the McGill medical faculty. He was also interested in natural history, and compiled information about the flora and fauna within the district of Montreal. He is remembered for his role as a medical journalist, launching the British American Journal of Medical and Physical Science.
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Harper, John Murdoch
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Harper, John Murdoch 1845-1919
Born in Scotland, Harper worked primarily as a teacher and principal in high schools throughout Quebec and the Maritimes. He played a central role in the creation of provincial elementary and secondary school systems. Harper also published several works of poetry, history, and fiction.
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Harvey, Arthur ?-?
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Henry, Walter 1791-1860
Born in Ireland, Henry went to medical school and worked as a doctor in the military. He was posted in India, Nepal, Saint Helena (where he took part in Napoleon's autopsy), Ireland, and Canada. After several years in all the major cities of the colony, he was named inspector general in charge of military medical services in British North America. In addition to many articles, Henry wrote an autobiography entitled Trifles from my Portfolio.
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Hocquart, Gilles 1694-1783
Born in France, Hocquart rose slowly through the French bureaucracy and was known for his efficiency, calm temperament, and unassuming disposition. He was named intendant of New France in 1729 and remained for 17 years. His early years were successful but later years led to financial problems in the colony, bad harvests, and war with Britain.
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Howells, William C. ?-?
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Ingall, Lennox ?-?
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Jephson, Alfred ?-?
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Johnson, Reverend J. H. ?-?
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Johnstone, James Chevalier de Johnstone 1719-1791
Born in Scotland, Johnstone fought alongside the French-supported Jacobites before fleeing to France. He soon joined the French army and was posted to Louisbourg, where he worked as an English interpreter. He took part in the Seven Years War as Montcalm's aide-de-camp and returned to France when Quebec and Montreal fell to the British.
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Kelly, William ?-?
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Kirby, William
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Kirby, William 1817-1906
Born in England, Kirby came to Canada at age 15 and settled in Niagara, Upper Canada. He edited the Niagara Mail and worked as a customs collector. He is best known for writing The Golden Dog, recognized as one of the better historical fiction novels written in Canada during the nineteenth century.
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La Rocque de Roberval, Jean-François de c1500-1560
Born in France, Roberval was the first lieutenant-governor of New France. He founded a colony on the present site of Cap Rouge with 200 settlers taken from prisons in France. The colony failed and the settlers scattered, leading to Roberval's financial ruin. He was killed with other Protestants at the start of the French Wars of Religion.
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Langton, John
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Langton, John 1808-1894
Born in England, Langton emigrated to Upper Canada in 1833 and settled near Peterborough. He worked in the timber trade, later moving into municipal and national politics. He followed the government as its capital moved from Toronto, to Quebec City, to Ottawa, where he played a role in Confederation. His intellectual streak led him to the presidency of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec in 1862.
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Legardeur, Marie-Joseph ?-?
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LeMoine, James MacPherson
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LeMoine, James MacPherson 1825-1912
Born in Quebec City, Le Moine practiced law and worked as collector of inland revenue. He wrote countless volumes on history and the natural sciences in both French and English. Le Moine contributed to many learned Societies: he was curator of the museum and later President of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec.
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Lester, Robert; Vialar, Anthony ?-?
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MacLean, Allan 1725-1795
Born in the Scottish Highlands, MacLean fought with the Jacobites and fled to the Netherlands after the Battle of Culloden. His life involves military service in numerous countries, namely on the British side during the siege of Quebec of 1759 and the American invasion of 1775.
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Mather, Cotton
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Mather, Cotton 1663-1728
Born in Massachusetts, Mather was a Puritan minister and prolific author. He is remembered for his socially conservative writings and connection to the Salem Witch Trials.
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McGee, Thomas D'Arcy
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McGee, Thomas D'Arcy 1825-1868
Born in Ireland, McGee came to North America and worked as journalist in Boston and New York City. He initially supported the Fenians, who called for Irish independence. In 1857 he came to Montreal and advocated a new nationality for Canada. He was elected to parliament and became one of the 36 Fathers of Confederation. His radical Irish views became more moderate over the years, and McGee was assassinated by a Fenian sympathizer in 1868.
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Melsheimer, F.V. ?-?
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Mercer, Major ?-?
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Meredith, Edmund Allen
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Meredith, Edmund Allen 1817-1899
Born in Ireland, Meredith studied law in Dublin and later joined his family in Canada in 1842. He worked in the civil service but is primarily remembered for his work as an inspector of prisons and asylums, which led to numerous reforms. Meredith also served as the president of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec in 1855, 1860, and 1861.
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Miles, Henry Hopper
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Miles, Henry Hopper 1818-1895
Born in England, Miles studied medicine but never practiced the profession. In 1845 he immigrated to Lennoxville, Lower Canada, and worked as rector for the boys' high school and chair of mathematics and natural philosophy at Bishop's College. As a member of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, he pressed the federal government for the establishment of a National Archives. He also produced many historical books for the school market.
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Murray, James
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Murray, James 1721-1794
Born in Scotland, Murray's military career began in 1736. He commanded a battalion during the siege of Louisbourg in 1758 and served at the siege of Quebec in 1759. He was the first British governor of Quebec. His sympathetic stance towards French settlers led to his recall in 1766. He later served as governor of Minorca and retired to England.
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Neilson, Hubert ?-?
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Noble, W. ?-?
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Noël, Jacques ?-?
Born in France, Noël was the nephew of explorer Jacques Cartier. He accompanied Cartier to North America, returning on his own expedition a few years later. In 1587, Noël asked for the monopoly of the mines and the fur trade, which was granted to him by the king along with 60 penal colonists per year. This decision was contested by the bourgeois of Saint-Malo. Consequently, the king revoked his decision within the same year, putting an end to Noel's scheme for colonization.
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O' Farrell, George D. ?-?
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Panet, Jean-Claude 1719-1778
Born in France, Panet came to Canada at 20 years of age as a soldier. He later received an appointment as royal notary. Panet had his house destroyed during the siege of Quebec in 1759, and was later involved with the acts of capitulation. He continued working as a lawyer and notary, and later became one of the first French Catholic judges appointed under the British regime.
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Perrault, Joseph-François
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Perrault, Joseph-François 1753-1844
Born in Quebec City, Perrault was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in 1796 and 1800. Recognized as the father of education for the Canadian people, he created a society to secure free education for the thousands of destitute children in Quebec. Perrault was active in the freemasons, establishing a lodge at Quebec City and serving as deputy grand master for the province in 1816.
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Ramezay, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Roch de 1708-1777
Born in Montreal, Ramezay was the son of the governor of Montreal and later New France. He led troops in numerous battles with the British during the Seven Years War. After Montcalm's fall, he was responsible for hoisting the white flag and surrendering Quebec in 1759. Ramezay spent his final years in France.
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Ramsay (née Broun), Christian (Countess of Dalhousie)
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Ramsay (née Broun), Christian (Countess of Dalhousie) 1790-1839
Born in Scotland, Broun married George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie, in 1805. She came to Canada while her husband served as Governor General of British North America from 1820 to 1828. As the governor's wife, Lady Dalhousie was patroness of literature and the arts. When her husband founded the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec in 1824, she presented a paper on Canadian plants, showing an interest in the sciences that was exceptional in a woman of her time.
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Reade, John 1837-1919
Born in Ireland, Reade came to Montreal at age 19. He served as a minister in the Church of England until 1867 before devoting himself to literature and journalism. In 1870, he became the Montreal Gazette's literary editor. He was affiliated with a range of scholarly societies and published patriotic poems, essays, translations, or short fiction in virtually all of the major Canadian journals of his day.
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Sandham, Alfred 1838-1910
Born in Montreal, Sandham grew up in a working-class household and worked as a telegraph operator and later secretary at North America's first YMCA. Sandham developed a liking for history and research, joining a group of collectors who made up the Numismatic Society of Montreal and became the first editor of the Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal. He moved to Toronto with his family to work for the YMCA, continuing his involvement in journalism and the publication of religious material.
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Scott, J.G.; O' Sullivan, Henry ?-?
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Sewell, Augustus ?-?
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Sewell, Henry D. ?-?
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Sewell, Jonathan
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Sewell, Jonathan 1766-1839
Born in Massachusetts, Sewell and his parents were forced to flee America during the revolution. He later studied law at in Saint John, New Brunswick and practiced in Quebec City. After serving as a public officer, Sewell eventually became judge. He also took part in the foundation of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, serving as president in 1830-1831.
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Sheppard, William
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Sheppard, William 1784-1867
Born in England, Sheppard eventually settled in Quebec City and made a fortune in the lumber trade and shipbuilding, serving for a while in the legislative assembly. Aside from his business interests, Sheppard had a private library of 3,000 books, a museum, and picture gallery. He was a founding member of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, and served as president in 1833-34, 1841, 1843, and 1847.
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Sheppard (née Campbell), Harriet ?-?
Born in Quebec, Campbell was born into a loyalist family who grew rich in the timber trade. She married timber merchant William Sheppard, with whom she shared intellectual interests. Campbell presented papers to the male-dominated world of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, showing an interest in the sciences that was exceptional in a woman of her time.
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Sherriff, Alexander ?-?
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Sinding, Paul C. ?-?
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Skey, James L. ?-?
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Stevenson, James
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Stevenson, James 1813-1894
Born in Scotland, Stevenson studied at the University of Edinburgh and accompanied his father to York (Toronto) in 1836. He worked a variety of jobs before getting involved in banking with the Bank of Montreal and the Quebec Bank. He also led an active intellectual life, serving as president of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec from 1876 to 1878.
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Stewart, Georges
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Stewart, Georges 1848-1906
Born in New York City, Stewart spent most of his early years in Saint John, New Brunswick. He worked as a journalist and pharmacist, founding several early Canadian periodicals and publishing a few books. He spent his later years in Quebec City as editor of the Morning Chronicle and Daily Mercury. In 1885 he became the first English Canadian writer to be given an honorary degree for service to Canadian letters.
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Strange, Thomas Bland
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Strange, Thomas Bland 1831-1925
Born in India, Strange earned the nickname 'Jingo Strange' for a fervour towards the British Empire that was considered racist and militarist even by the standards of the time. He served in Gibraltar, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and India, before coming to Quebec City in 1871. He worked at the artillery school and organized the centennial of Montgomery's fall for the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Strange raised horses for the British cavalry in Alberta and led attacks against Cree forces during the North-West Rebellion.
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Stuart, Andrew 1785-1840
Born in Cataraqui (Kingston), Upper Canada, Stuart was admitted to the bar in 1807 and set up practice in Quebec City. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly first as a supporter of the Canadian Party and later as a member of the government party due to his opposition to armed insurrection He showed compassion in the practice of his profession, and his speeches in court often contained pleas for leniency. He served two terms as president of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec.
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Sturton, Samuel ?-?
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Talon, Jean
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Talon, Jean 1625-1694
Born in France, Talon was the first and most highly regarded intendant of New France. He served between 1665 and 1672, before returning to France. Talon diversified the country's economy, mounted expeditions to seek a Western passage to China, and contributed to ending the Iroquois threat in 1667.
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Taschereau, Gabriel-Elzéar
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Taschereau, Gabriel-Elzéar 1745-1809
Born in Quebec City, Tascherau grew up in a seigneurial family and established himself in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce. In 1775 he took part in the defeat of the Americans in Quebec City as a captain in the militia. He later became a member of the Legislative Assembly and also worked as a judge.
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Tate, Charles M. ?-?
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Thompson, James 1733-1830
Born in Scotland, Thompson participated in the siege of Louisbourg (1758) and Quebec (1759) with the 78th Fraser Highlanders. When the war ended, Thompson remained in Quebec, rising within the ranks to become head of the military engineering service. In 1828, as the last survivor of the battle on the Plains of Abraham and deputy grand master of the freemasons, he helped lay the foundation-stone of the monument to Wolfe and Montcalm.
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Turcotte, Louis-Philippe
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Turcotte, Louis-Philippe 1842-1878
Born near Quebec City, Turcotte published several faithful yet colourless volumes on Canadian history. From 1872 onwards, he worked as a librarian for the Quebec Legislature and the Institut Canadien de Québec.
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Vachon de Belmont, François
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Vachon de Belmont, François 1645-1732
Born in France, Vachon de Belmont entered the Sulpician order and was ordained priest at the age of 36. He devoted his life to teaching and preaching to the Christian Iroquois who were settled around Ville-Marie (Montreal). He was named superior of the Sulpicians in 1701.
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Varley, Cornelius
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Varley, Cornelius 1781-1873
Born in England, Varley was both an artist and an inventor. He was one of the founders of the Water Color Society in 1803 and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy. He is also known for his improvements to the design of the Camera Lucida and Camera Obscura, as well as his invention of the Graphic Telescope.
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Wilkie, Daniel
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Wilkie, Daniel 1777-1851
Born in Scotland, Wilkie undertook divinity studies in Glasgow. He came to Quebec in 1803 and was soon operating his own academy, later becoming the first principal of the High School of Quebec. He was a liberal thinker who advocated education to the masses. Wilkie was involved in the foundation of the Quebec Emigrant Society, the Saint-Andrew's Society and the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, serving as president of the latter in 1836.
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Wilkie, John
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Williams, Herbert
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Williams, James William
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Williams, James William 1825-1892
Born in England, Williams graduated in Classics and Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He immigrated to Lower Canada and worked as rector of the Lennoxville grammar school. He was appointed Bishop of Quebec within the Church of England in 1863, retaining this title for the next 30 years.
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Wood, William
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Wood, William 1864-1947
Born in Quebec City, Wood rose in the ranks of the Canadian militia, becoming colonel in 1901. He is mostly known for his work as a historian, including numerous published works on the history of Quebec and Canada. Wood worked at the provincial archives and was president of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec in 1900-1901, 1904-1905, and 1938-1941.
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Würtele, Frederick Christian
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Würtele, Frederick Christian 1842-1920
Born in Quebec, Würtele worked primarily as an accountant and was also captain in the Royal Rifles. Würtele volunteered for the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec over many years, first as a curator of apparatus and later as a librarian. He was also an amateur photographer, to whom we owe many early photos of Quebec City.
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