Jean Bourdon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jean Bourdon.

Jean Bourdon (c. 1601 – 1668) was the first engineer-in-chief and land-surveyor in the colony of New France, and the first attorney-general of the Conseil Superieur.

Bourdon came to New France in 1634 and he was designated as the engineer to Governor Charles de Montmagny. In 1639, the governor made a land grant to him of 50 acres (200,000 m²) and, later, he built a mill. He also built a chapel on it for his friend, Abbé Jean Le Sueur. This was only one of several seigneuries that Bourdon received.

External links

Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Catholic Encyclopedia Article
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.

Authority control	VIAF: 89730392 BNF: cb152950159

Persondata
Name	Bourdon, Jean
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1601
Place of birth
Date of death	1668
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.