- Henri-Raymond Casgrain
Henri-Raymond Casgrain (
16 December 1831 –11 February 1904 ) was aFrench Canadian Roman Catholic priest, author, publisher, and historian. He is the author of some of the best works inQuebec literature . [CathEncy|title=Henri Raymond Casgrain|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03400b.htm]Born in Rivière-Ouelle,
Lower Canada , the sonCharles-Eusèbe Casgrain and Eliza Anne Baby, he studied at College of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. In 1852, he enrolled in the Montreal School of Medicine and Surgery, but became a priest in 1856. He started teaching at the College of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière until he was forced to give up teaching because of ill health. In 1859, he was appointed curate of the parish of La Nativité-de-Notre-Dame at Beauport and was free to devote himself entirely to literary pursuits. [DictCanbio|ID=6619]From 1889 to 1890, he was the president of the
Royal Society of Canada .elected bibliography
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=26852 "Histoire de la Mère Marie de l'Incarnation" (1864)]
* "Histoire de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec" (1878)
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4693 "Une paroisse canadienne au XVIIe siècle" (1880)]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=00528 "Pélerinage au pays d'Évangéline" (1855)]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3182 "Montcalm et Lévis" (1891)]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1380 "Une seconde Acadie" (1894)]
* "Histoire de l'asile du Bon-Pasteur de Québec" (1890)
* "Les Sulpiciens et les prêtres des Missions étrangères en Acadie"(1897)References
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