Michel Brunet (July 24, 1917 in

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– September 4, 1985 in

) was a

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and

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. He received his B.A. and M.A. from the

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and received his Ph.D. from

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, U.S.A. He was chair of the history department at the

from 1959 to 1968. Before becoming an academic, he worked for several years as a schoolteacher. Together with fellow Université de Montreal professors

Guy Frégault Guy Frégault (June 16, 1918 – December 13, 1977) was a Canadian historian and writer from Quebec. He worked at the history department of Montreal University. Biography Frégault was born in Montreal on June 16, 1918. He lived his childhoo ...

and

Maurice Séguin Maurice Séguin (7 December 1918 – 28 August 1984) is a Canadian historian who, along with Michel Brunet and Guy Frégault Guy Frégault (June 16, 1918 – December 13, 1977) was a Canadian historian and writer from Quebec. He worked ...

, he formed part of the "Montreal School" of French-Canadian history. He was also president de l' Institut d'histoire de l'Amérique française for 1970–1971.

Publications

*1954 - ''Canadians et Canadiens'' *1958 - ''La Présence anglaise et les Canadiens'' *1969 - ''Les Canadiens après la conquête, 1759–1775'' *1975 - ''Histoire politique, économique et sociale du Québec et des Québécois: le premier centenaire de l'État du Québec'' *1976 - ''Notre passé, le présent et nous'' *1977 - ''Analyse de l'efficacité de la Société de développement industriel du Québec''

Honours

*1969 - Prix Jean-Hamelin, ''Les Canadiens après la conquête, 1759–1775 : de la révolution canadienne à la révolution américaine'' *1969 -

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, ''Les Canadiens après la conquête'' *1970 - Prix France-Québec *1970 - Prix Ludger-Duvernay *1983 -

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*''Member'' of the

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References

Université de Montréal - A tradition of research, 1946Historica - How Historians Complicate Things, by Margaret Conrad
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