- Amable Berthelot
Amable Berthelot (
February 10 1777 –November 24 1847 ) was aQuebec lawyer, author and political figure.He was born in
Quebec City in 1777, the son ofMichel-Amable Berthelot Dartigny , and studied at thePetit Séminaire de Québec . He articled in law withJean-Antoine Panet , was admitted to the bar in 1799 and set up practice at Trois-Rivières. Berthelot served as a captain in the local militia during theWar of 1812 . He was elected to theLegislative Assembly of Lower Canada in 1814 for Trois-Rivières. He closed his office in 1820 and lived inFrance until 1824 when he returned toLower Canada . He was elected again for Trois-Rivières in that year as a member of theParti canadien . He left for France again in 1831 and returned toQuebec City in 1834. Because he sold his books before departing for France, his personal library was known to consist of almost fifteen hundred volumes. He was elected to represent Quebec City's Upper Town in the legislative assembly and served until 1838. After the union of Upper and Lower Canada, he represented Kamouraska in the Legislative Assembly from 1841 until his death at Quebec City in 1847.Berthelot published some essays on French grammar and a number of essays on the subject of
historical archaeology .His adopted daughter Adèle married
Louis Hippolyte LaFontaine .External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3245 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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