Fran ois-Xavier Garneau, notary, civil servant, poet, historian (b at Qu bec City 15 June 1809; d there 3 Feb 1866). The greatest writer of 19th-century French Canada and its most important historian, he had a major influence on the thinking and letters of his time. The son of an unschooled, poor father, young Fran ois-Xavier was soon known for his keen intelligence.
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