Casgrain Henri Raymond 1831-1904 After Studying Medicine Decided


to enter the church, and ordained a priest in 1856. In 1872, owing to an

affection of the eyes, compelled to abandon the ministry, and thereafter

devoted himself entirely to literature. His first work, Legendes

Canadiennes, appeared in 1861; and this was followed by many other

publications, in history, biography, and belles-lettres. One of the

principal contributors to the Soirees Canadiennes, the Foyer

Canadien, and other French-Canadian periodicals. A charter member of

the Royal Society of Canada; elected president of that body in 1889.



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