Georges Brossard (born in 1940 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada) is a famed entomologist and founder of the Montreal Insectarium (Insectarium de Montréal). Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... La Prairie is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Rousillon. ... During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ... Entomology is the scientific study of insects. ... The Montréal Insectarium is an attraction showing off a large quantity of insects from all around the world. ...

Biography

An insect enthusiast from a very early age, Brossard held a career as a notary until the age of 38. He then started to travel, and on his travels studied the insects he came across with deep interest. In 1989, after having collected over 250 000 specimens, he solicited the then mayor of Montreal, Jean Doré, to open an insectarium. He and Pierre Bourque, then director of the Montreal Botanical Gardens, began a partnership to govern and operate the Montreal Insectarium. Georges Brossard has also founded four other insectariums across the globe, some of which are located as far as Shanghai and South Africa. Since the opening of the Montreal Insectarium, his collection, which he continues to amass through his travels, has grown to over 500 000 specimens. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Province Region Montréal Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - City 365. ... Jean Doré studied as a lawyer at the University of Montreal, where he became president of the student union from 1967 to 1968. ... Pierre Bourque was the mayor of Montreal, Quebec from 1994 to 2001. ... The Montréal Insectarium is an attraction showing off a large quantity of insects from all around the world. ... For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ... The Montréal Insectarium is an attraction showing off a large quantity of insects from all around the world. ...

Brossard has also written and directed 20 episodes of Mémoires d'insectes (Insect Diaries), and was the creator and host of the televised series Insectia. He is the cofounder and copresident of Montreal's Cinéma IMAX les Ailes. IMAX theatre at the Melbourne Museum complex, Australia BFI London IMAX by night LHemisferic (Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències) Valencia, Spain IMAX (short for Image Maximum) is a film format created by Canadas IMAX Corporation that has the capacity to display images of far greater...

In 2004, he was the subject of the fiction film Le Papillon Bleu (The Blue Butterfly), directed by Léa Pool, based on an event in Brossard's life which occurred in 1987. Working for the Children's Wish Foundation of Canada, Brossard traveled to South America with a boy in the terminal phase of cancer. It was the boy's dream to catch a mythical Blue Morpho butterfly, which Georges goes to great lengths to find in the vast jungles, even putting his and the boy's lives in danger. They finally catch the butterfly, and upon returning to Québec, the cancer which had been slowly killing the child miraculously receded. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Léa Pool (born 1950 in Switzerland) is a Canadian filmmaker. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... The Childrens Wish Foundation of Canada is a charitable organization whose mission is to fulfil the wishes of children diagnosed with high-risk, life-threatening illnesses. ... Species M. achilleana M. adonis Sunset Morpho, M. helena M. menelaus M. peleides White Morpho, … A Morpho butterfly may be one of over 80 described species of the genus Morpho. ...

Awards

• 1999 - Member of the Order of Canada
• Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
• Léon-Provencher Prize from the Société d’Entomologie du Québec
• Louis-Riel Medal
• Doctorats Honoris Causa in sciences at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
• Doctorats Honoris Causa in sciences at McGill University.
• 2006- Knight of the National order of Quebec

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See also

• List of entomologists
• List of famous Canadians - scientists

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External links

• Le Papillon Bleu website
• Georges Brossard on the Insectatium Website, complete with images
• Georges Brossard on Orizon