Jérôme Demers (August 1, 1774 – May 17, 1853) was a Québécois Roman Catholic priest, author, architect, educator, and ecclesiastical administrator. He was perhaps best known as a teacher of

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Séminaire de Québec The Seminary of Quebec (French: Séminaire de Québec) is a Catholic community of diocesan priests in Quebec City founded by Bishop François de Laval, the first bishop of New France in 1663. History The Séminaire de Québec is a Society of d ...

, where he taught for more than fifty years. His ''Institutiones Philosophicae ad Usum Studiosae Juventutis'' appeared in 1835 and was the first Canadian textbook of philosophy. Louis-Joseph Papineau was among his students. He also exercised a strong influence in the field of architecture. A building that is part of the Musée de l'Amérique française now bears his name.

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''Institutiones Philosophicae ad Usum Studiosae Juventutis''

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