Hector Berthelot (March 4, 1842 – September 15, 1895) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, columnist, satirist, caricaturist, photographer and publisher who was born in

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

. He was not married and died in

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. He is most well known for founding various satirical magazines, of which ''Le Canard'' was the most famous.

Biography

Hector completed his education at the Collège Sainte-Marie in Montreal. Berthelot articled as a lawyer with

George-Étienne Cartier Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, (pronounced ; September 6, 1814May 20, 1873) was a Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation. The English spelling of the name—George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling—is explained ...

in 1861 and was called to the bar in 1865. However, he did not practice law but began with his journalistic pursuits for which he would become well known. He did practice law extensively but it was journalism and publishing that interested him most. One of his publishing endeavours, ''Le Canard'', became a rapid success. He turned this publication over to

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in August 1879. He immediately launched other publications. Hector Berthelot was mourned after his death by his contemporaries in the newspapers. All the tributes seem to indicate an accomplished humorist and a journalist of the first order. His niece Henriette Tassé also became a journalist and published a 1934 biography of Berthelot ''La vie humoristique d'Hector Berthelot''.

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External links

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Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''

''The Canadian Encyclopedia''

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