Charles-Honoré Laverdière
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Charles-Honoré Cauchon dit Laverdière (23 October 1826 – 10 March 1873) was a
Biography
Laverdière was born in
Laverdière never did any parish duty, and would dedicate his life to teaching and scholarly work. Soon after his ordination he was officially appointed to the Seminary, and taught there until he was appointed to the chair of history at Université Laval in 1863, succeeding to Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Ferland (who had just been promoted to dean of the faculty, and died in 1865). In the meantime and in addition to his teaching duties at the seminary, he acted as de facto deputy librarian at the university and, in 1858, actual librarian. Laverdière also had an interest in archeology, though he worked relatively little in that area.
Laverdière published a number of works that are recognized for their outstanding quality. He participated in the 1858 publication of the
An almost obsessive attention to detail (he could spend an entire day checking a single fact) marked Laverdière's work. An amiable man "of medium height, with keen black eyes, tanned complexion and square shoulders," he devoted his life to historical scholarship. His work, alongside that of other historians of the time like
References
- Paquin, Michel. "Laverdière, Charles-Honoré". Dictionary of Canadian Biography online. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- Thwaites, Reuben Gold (1898). The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Vol. XXVII. Cleveland: Burrows Brothers Company. p. 307. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
- "Dictionnaire des Auteurs: L". Les Manuels scolaires québécois (in French). Laval University Library. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
- "Fonds Charles-Honoré Laverdière". Séminaire de Québec - État général des fonds (in French). Centre de référence de l'Amérique française. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2007-11-28.