Jean-Pierre Wallot

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Jean-Pierre Wallot
Born	(1935-05-22)May 22, 1935 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
Died	August 30, 2010(2010-08-30) (aged 75) Ottawa, Ontario
Title	President of the Royal Society of Canada
Term	1997–1999
Predecessor	Robert Haynes
Successor	William Leiss

Jean-Pierre Wallot, OC FRSC (May 22, 1935 – August 30, 2010) was a Canadian historian, educator, civil servant and former National Archivist of Canada.^[1]

Born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, he graduated from the Université de Montréal in 1954. He also received a Master's and Doctorate from the same university. Wallot worked as a journalist from 1954 to 1960. From 1966 to 1969, he was a historian with the National Museum of Man in Ottawa. He has held a number of senior administrative positions at the Université de Montréal including Chairman, Department of History (1973–1975), Vice-Dean Studies (1975–1978) and Vice-Dean Research (1979–1982) in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Vice-President Academic (1982–1985). From 1985 until 1997, he was National Archivist.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1978 and served as the President from 1997 to 1999.

In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

References

↑ Chabot, Victorin. "Jean-Pierre Wallot, The Historian Archivist, 1985-1997". LAC. Retrieved May 29, 2013.

Authority control	VIAF: 28211315 ISNI: 0000 0001 0882 7940 SUDOC: 068024983

Persondata
Name	Wallot, Jean-Pierre
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian historian
Date of birth	May 22, 1935
Place of birth	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
Date of death	August 30, 2010
Place of death	Ottawa, Ontario

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