François-Xavier Garneau

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François-Xavier Garneau was a 19th-century Canadian historian and poet best known for his influential multi-volume "Histoire du Canada," which helped shape French-Canadian national identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian
French Canadian
historian
person
poet
birthDate 1809-06-15
birthPlace Lower Canada
Quebec City
burialPlace Quebec City
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship Canada
deathDate 1866-02-03
describedBySource Histoire du Canada
educatedAt Grand Séminaire de Québec
surface form: seminary of Quebec (informal classical education)
employer Quebec City
surface form: City of Quebec
ethnicGroup French Canadian
familyName Garneau
gender male
genre history
poetry
givenName François-Xavier
hasOccupation notary’s clerk (early career)
honouredBy naming of Collège François-Xavier-Garneau in Quebec City
honouredIn Parc François-Xavier-Garneau, Quebec City
influenced French-Canadian historiography
French-Canadian national consciousness
inspiredBy Patriote movement
surface form: Patriote movement in Lower Canada
knownFor shaping French-Canadian national identity
writing a multi-volume history of Canada
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement French-Canadian nationalism
name François-Xavier Garneau self-link
nationality Canadian
notableWork Histoire du Canada
poems on national and historical themes
numberOfVolumesOfNotableWork 3
occupation civil servant
historian
poet
positionHeld clerk of the city of Quebec
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1845
residence Quebec City
subjectOf statue of François-Xavier Garneau in Quebec City
workFocus history of Canada under British rule
history of New France
workLocation Quebec City

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Parliament Building of Quebec hasStatue François-Xavier Garneau
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