François-Xavier Garneau
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François-Xavier Garneau (June 15, 1809 – February 2 or February 3, 1866) was a nineteenth century French Canadian poet, civil servant and liberal who wrote a three volume history of the French Canadian nation entitled Histoire du Canada between 1845 and 1848.
Born in Quebec City, Garneau argued that Conquest was a tragedy, the consequence of which was a perpetual struggle against the forces of English Canada for the French Canadian nation; this struggle would continue into the future as long as French Canadians were under the oppressive reign of the British. The book was originally written as a response to the Durham report, which claimed that French Canadian culture was stagnant and that it would be best served through Anglophone assimilation.
Garneau died on February 2 or February 3, 1866.
[edit] Works
- François-Xavier Garneau. History of Canada : from the time of its discovery till the union year, Montreal : J. Lovell, 1860 (Internet Archive: All 3 Volumes)
[edit] References
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- (French) Biography of Garneau - Provided by École Secondaire Catholique Garneau, a French language school named after him.
