author
N.-E. (Narcisse-Eutrope) Dionne
1848–1917
A prolific Quebec writer and scholar, he moved easily between medicine, journalism, librarianship, and history. He is best remembered for carefully researched works on figures such as Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain.
2 Audiobooks
Le parler populaire des Canadiens français ou, Lexique des canadianismes, acadianismes, anglicismes, américanismes, mots anglais les plus en usage au sein des familles canadiennes et acadiennes françaises
by N.-E. (Narcisse-Eutrope) Dionne
The Makers of Canada: Champlain
by N.-E. (Narcisse-Eutrope) Dionne
About the author
Born in Saint-Denis near Kamouraska in 1848, Narcisse-Eutrope Dionne built an unusually wide-ranging career as a physician, journalist, historian, linguist, and librarian. His work reflects a deep commitment to French Canadian history and letters, along with the habits of a careful researcher.
He wrote extensively, producing biographies and historical studies that helped shape how major figures from New France were remembered. Among the works most closely associated with him are his books on Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain, and he was also recognized for bibliographic and library work in Quebec.
Dionne died in 1917 in Quebec City. Even when later scholarship moved beyond some of his 19th-century outlook, his disciplined methods and the sheer breadth of his output left him an important place in the intellectual history of Quebec.