Gustave Lanctot
Gustave Lanctot | |
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 Gustave Lanctot, front row left, part of the Oxford Canadian Ice Hockey Team | |
| Born | 5 July 1883 Saint-Constant, Quebec |
| Died | 2 February 1975 (aged 91) |
| Occupation(s) | historian and archivist |
| Awards | Order of Canada |
Gustave Lanctot .
Born in
Oxford University. He was also a member of the Oxford Canadians ice hockey team. In 1912, he joined the National Archives of Canada. During World War I, he served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force
.
After the war, he received a PhD from the
Dominion Archivist from 1937 to 1948. He also taught at the University of Ottawa
.
A historian, he wrote many books including L'Administration de la Nouvelle-France (1929), Le Canada d'hier et d'aujourd'hui (1934), Montréal au temps de la Nouvelle-France, 1642-1760 (1942), Trois ans de guerre, 1939-1942 (1943), L'Oeuvre de la France en Amérique du Nord (1951), Histoire du Canada (winner of the 1963
Governor General's Award for French language non-fiction), Le Canada et la Révolution américaine (1965, and winner of the inaugural Albert B. Corey Prize in 1967)[1]
and Montréal sous Maisonneuve, 1947-1965 (1966). He also was a historical advisor on eight Canadian films produced from 1961 to 1964.
He was made a Fellow of the
Légion d'honneur
.
Order of Canada medal auction
In late 2006 and early 2007, Lanctot made the news concerning his Order of Canada medal which was put up for auction on
e-mail
.
References
- ^ "Albert B. Corey Prize | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- Fonds Gustave Lanctôt at Library and Archives Canada (in French)
- Fonds Gustave-Lanctot at the University of Ottawa (in French)
- Biographies of Prominent Quebec and Canadian Historical Figures: Gustave Lanctot
- Order of Canada citation
- Order of Cda. medal auction to proceed by e-mail
External links
- Gustave Lanctot at IMDb
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