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Canadian journalist, historian, and archivist in Quebec
Pierre-Georges Roy
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Canadian journalist, historian, and archivist in Quebec
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Place of birth
Lévis, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada
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83 years
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Education
Collège de Lévis
Lévis, Chaudière-Appalaches, Canada
Séminaire de Québec
La Cité-Limoilou, Quebec City, Canada
Positions
director
Archives de la province de Québec
(2 September 1920-)
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
honorary doctorate at the Laval University
(1911)
French Language Award
(1926)
J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal
(1932)
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Biography
Pierre-Georges Roy, KCSG, FRSC (23 October 1870 – 4 November 1953) was a Canadian journalist, historian, and archivist.
Born in Lévis, Quebec, Roy was a journalist for the Canadien and the Quotidien. In 1895, he founded the Bulletin des recherches historiques. In 1920, he was appointed the first Chief Archivist of the province of Quebec. He died in 1953 in Lévis.
Honours
In 1919, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. In 1927, he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour. In 1932, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal.
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