- Joseph James Hargrave
Infobox Person
name = Joseph James Hargrave
image_size = 150 px
caption = Joseph James Hargrave (photo byWilliam Notman )
birth_date = April 1, 1841
birth_place =York Factory ,Manitoba, Canada
death_date = February 22, 1894
death_place =Edinburgh, Scotland
education =Madras College ,St. Andrews ,Scotland
occupation =Chief Trader,Hudson’s Bay Company
title =FRGS
spouse =
parents =James Hargrave and Letitia MacTavish
children =
nationality =
website =Joseph James Hargrave (1841-1894) was a
Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) trader, author, and journalist. [cite web| title = Manitoba Author Publication Index| work = | publisher = | date = | url = http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/mapindex/h_profiles/hist_hargrave.html| format = | doi = | accessdate = ] [cite web | title = Fur Trade Stories | url = http://www.furtradestories.ca/details.cfm?content_id=67&cat_id=2&sub_cat_id=3 ] He wrote the 1871 book, "Red River," [cite book | last =Hargrave| first = Joseph James | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Red River| publisher = Printed for the author by John Lovell | date = 1871| location = Montreal| pages = 506| url =http://books.google.com/books?id=p3yHV0tF9REC&dq=red+river+hargrave&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=Mf4Q2NcEyu&sig=tE1Rt8nfMCoGZp5Hd2fUmAoDH90 | doi = | id = | isbn = ] a history of theManitoba Red River Settlement .Biography
Joseph James Hargrave was born and raised at
York Factory , a fur trading post onHudson Bay . He was the oldest son of York Factory's Chief Trader James Hargrave and his wife Letitia MacTavish Hargrave. His family took him toScotland in 1846 where he studied atMadras College ,St. Andrews , and completed his studies as a surveyor in 1859. He returned to North America in 1861, where he became an apprentice clerk in the HBC and a secretary to his uncleWilliam Mactavish , the governor ofRupert's Land andAssiniboia . In 1869, he began writing a series of articles for the "Montreal Herald " about the anticipated transfer of land from the HBC to Canada. In 1871, he published the book "Red River" describing the history of theRed River Colony prior to the 1869–1870Red River Rebellion ofLouis Riel .Before his retirement, he became a Chief Trader in the HBC. He died in 1894 in
Edinburgh , shortly after returning to Scotland.References
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Fur trade External links
* [http://www.madras.fife.sch.uk/archive/fpbiographies/hargrave.html Madras College Page]
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6144 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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