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J.-P. (Jean-Philippe) Boucher-Belleville
1800–1874
A 19th-century Quebec writer and journalist, he moved between classrooms, newspapers, and public life with unusual range. His work is closely tied to the Patriote era, and he also earned notice as a linguist and grammar writer.
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Dictionnaire des barbarismes et des solécismes
by Narcisse Cyr, J.-P. (Jean-Philippe) Boucher-Belleville
About the author
Born in Quebec City on September 8, 1800, he was known formally as Jean-Baptiste Boucher-Belleville but commonly used Jean-Philippe, often signing himself "J.-Philippe." Reliable biographical sources describe him as a teacher, newspaper owner and editor, civil servant, linguist, and a figure associated with the Patriote movement in Lower Canada.
He received a classical education at the Collège de Montréal and went on to teach before entering journalism and public life. That mix of education, politics, and language study helps explain why his name appears both in the history of 19th-century Quebec print culture and in works on French grammar and usage.
He died in 1874 at Saint-Michel-de-Napierville, Quebec. For readers today, he stands out as one of those authors whose books open a window onto the intellectual and political world of French Canada in the decades before and after the Rebellions of 1837–1838.