- Honoré Beaugrand
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name = Honoré Beaugrand
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order = 18th Mayor of Montreal
term_start = 1885
term_end = 1887
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predecessor =Jean-Louis Beaudry
successor =John Abbott
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birth_date =24 March 1848
birth_place = Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie,Lower Canada
death_date = death date and age|1906|10|7|1848|3|24
death_place =Montreal ,Quebec ,Canada
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profession =author ,journalist , publisher,soldier
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footnotes =Honoré Beaugrand (
24 March ,1848 –7 October 1906 ) was aQuebec journalist, politician, author and folklorist, born in Berthier County, Quebec.As a young graduate from military school Beaugrand joined the French military forces under General Bazaine in
Mexico , supporting the ill-fated EmperorMaximilian of Mexico . He returned with those troops to France after the fall ofChapultepec and Maximilian's execution. After some months he moved toNew Orleans in 1868 and became a journalist. Subsequently he wrote for U.S. newspapers in St. Louis,Boston ,Chicago , and Lowell and Fall River,Massachusetts .In 1878, he returned to Canada and founded the newspaper "
La Patrie " inMontreal to take the place of "Le National " which had recently folded. It ceased publication in 1957, after 78 years. He made a name as a political writer and reporter, and in 1885 received the cross of the FrenchLégion d'honneur .He become a
freemason in 1873 and took part in the foundation of Montreal Émancipation lodge in 1897.He was elected mayor of
Montreal in 1885. A street in Montreal and a station on the green line of theMontreal metro are named in his honour. He is most famous in Quebec for writing down the legend of the "Chasse-galerie ", published in 1891 in "La chasse galerie: légendes canadiennes", which also included "Le loup-garou," "La bête à grand’queue," "Macloune," and "Le père Louison."Publications
* "Anita"
* "Jeanne la fileuse"
* "Contes Canadiens"
* "La Chasse-galerie et autres récits"External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6548 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.agora.qc.ca/mot.nsf/Dossiers/Honore_Beaugrand Extensive dossier on Beaugrand at "L'Encyclopédie de l'Agora"] (in French)
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