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François-Xavier Bélanger
François-Xavier Bélanger (1833 – 19 January 1882) was a French-Canadian naturalist and museum curator. An autodidacticism, autodidact like many naturalists of the time, he specialized in the study of Microlepidoptera. Thanks to the influence of Léon Abel Provancher and Thomas-Étienne Hamel, he became curator of the zoology museum at Université Laval, where although he did a good job of enlarging the total collection, he did so in a generally poorly organized way. He was succeeded by his assistant curator Charles-Eusèbe Dionne. Biography Bélanger was born in 1833 in Saint-Vallier, Quebec, Saint-Vallier, a small rural village on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River, and married Vitaline Fontaine. From 1846 to 1853 he studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and then taught in rural schools for a few years before returning to Quebec City where he worked at the ''Courrier du Canada'', mainly as a proofreader. Léon Provancher noticed his published papers on in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Vallier, Quebec
Saint-Vallier () is a municipality of about 1,000 people in Bellechasse Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region of Quebec in Canada. Demographics Notable people * Laurent Catellier (1839–1918), physician and professor *Jack Marshall (ice hockey) John Calder Marshall (March 14, 1877 – August 7, 1965) was a Canadian ice hockey player. Marshall played for the Winnipeg Victorias, Montreal HC, Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Wanderers, Toronto Pros and Toronto Blueshirts. Marshall was a memb ... (1877–1965), hockey player * Louis-Rodolphe Roy (1858–1925), lawyer, politician and judge References Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches Designated places in Quebec {{ChaudièreAppalaches-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |