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Narcisse Cyr
d. 1894
A French Canadian Baptist pastor, journalist, and author, he wrote across religion, education, and public life in both French and English. His work links Quebec Protestant history with a wider North American world of printing, debate, and reform.
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Dictionnaire des barbarismes et des solécismes
by Narcisse Cyr, J.-P. (Jean-Philippe) Boucher-Belleville
About the author
Born in Napierville, Quebec, on November 29, 1823, Narcisse Cyr became a Baptist pastor and an active writer and editor. Records of his publications show a long career in religious and intellectual life, including works such as Memoir of the Rev. C. H. O. Cote, M.D. (1852), The Great Schools of the Paris Latin Quarter (1891), and Cruel Persecutions of the Protestants in the Kingdom of France (1893).
He was also involved in journalism. Canadian historical records identify him as the founder and publisher of Le semeur canadien in Napierville in 1851, a French Protestant paper tied to the reforming religious culture of the period. Across his career, he appears to have moved comfortably between pastoral work, public argument, and print culture.
Cyr died in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 18, 1894. Although not widely known today, the surviving record shows a figure who helped carry ideas between Quebec and the United States, using sermons, essays, and books to speak to readers on both sides of the border.