Amédée Gosselin (September 30, 1863 – December 20, 1941) was a Canadian historian, academic administrator and

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priest.

Early life

On September 30, 1863, Gosselin was born in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse,

Canada East Canada East () was the northeastern portion of the Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new colony, known as the Province of ...

Education

Gosselin studied the

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and

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from 1878 until 1890 at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and the Grand Séminaire de Québec.

Career

Gosselin was ordained as a priest. Gosselin taught Canadian history and

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. His principal work was ''L'Instruction au Canada sous le Régime français'', which won him the Verret Prize. He was the seminary's

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, and became superior of the institution and rector of

Université Laval (; English: ''Laval University)'' is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institutio ...

from 1909 until 1915 and from 1927 until 1929. He was an organizer of the

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and a member of the Société du parler français. He often published articles in the

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, a historical journal. On December 20, 1941, he died in Quebec City.

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External links

Fonds Amédée Gosselin
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gosselin, Amedee 1863 births 1941 deaths 20th-century Canadian historians Canadian male non-fiction writers Rectors of Université Laval 19th-century Canadian Roman Catholic priests People from Chaudière-Appalaches 20th-century Canadian Roman Catholic priests

Early life

Education

Career

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