Francois-Xavier Garneau (15 June1809 – 3 February1866) was a French Canadian poet, civil servant and liberal who wrote a three volume history of the French Canadian nation entitled Histoire du Canada between 1845 and 1848. June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... French Canadian is a term that has several different connotations. ...
He argued that Conquest was a tragedy, the consequence of which was a perpetual struggle against the forces of English Canada for the French Canadian nation; this struggle would continue into the future as long as French Canadians were under the oppressive reign of the British. The book was originally written as a response to the Durhamreport, which claimed that French Canadian culture was stagnant and that it would be best served through Anglophone assimilation. English Canada is a term used to describe either: the anglophone residents of Canada or the Canadian provinces other than Quebec and, sometimes, New Brunswick, in which French is an official language of the provincial governments. ... John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (12 April 1792 - 28 July 1840), was a British Whig statesman and colonial administrator, Governor General and high commissioner of British North America. ... The Report on the Affairs of British North America, commonly known as Lord Durhams Report, is an important document in the history of Canada and the British Empire. ...
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Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38568)
Garneau, F.X. Garneau's Histoire was read as a national epic and a monument to "la survivance", lithograph (courtesy Library and Archives Canada/C-6721).
Garneau presented the history of French Canadians as a struggle for survival - against the Indians and Anglo-Americans on the battlefield, and then against the English-Canadian oligarchy in the parliamentary arena.
Garneau lived a quiet life first as a notary and, later, from 1844 to 1864 as city clerk.
Garneau spent two years here in what was called a mutual school, in which teaching was conducted according to the method of English educator Joseph Lancaster, the most advanced pupils being used as instructors.
On 13 March 1841 Garneaus paper reported the formation of a general committee, chaired by John Neilson, whose object was to found an institute as inspired by Vattemare, a sort of federation of the cultural societies in the town of Quebec, to foster wider diffusion of knowledge and bring classes and races closer together.
Garneau the perfectionist re-examined his entire Histoire du Canada for the new edition: not a page escaped correction, a substantial number of additions and changes were made, the narrative was filled out by new documents, and the style was carefully revised and polished.
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