Henri-Raymond Casgrain

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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 was free to devote himself entirely to literary pursuits.

From 1889 to 1890, he was the president of the Royal Society of Canada.

[edit] 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
• Pelerinage au pays d'Evangéline (1855)
• Montcalm et Lévis (1891)
• Une seconde Acadie (1894)
• Histoire de l'asile du Bon-Pasture de Québec (1890)
• Les sulpiciens et les prêtres des Missions étrangers en Acadie(1897)

[edit] References

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia.