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Paul Dupuy
1831–1891
Drawn to the early history of Montreal, this 19th-century French-language writer focused on vivid, reverent accounts of New France and its remembered heroes. His surviving books suggest a strong interest in religious and historical storytelling rooted in Canada's colonial past.
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Trois Héros de la colonie de Montréal
by Paul Dupuy
About the author
Paul Dupuy (1831–1891) is a little-documented French-language author whose works are now best known through library and public-domain records. Those records confirm the dates 1831–1891 and connect him with historical writing about early Canada, especially Montreal and New France.
His known books include Villemarie. Petites fleurs religieuses du vieux Montréal (1885), introduced by H. A. Verreau, and Trois héros de la colonie de Montréal (1887), both published in Montreal by Cadieux & Derome. Another listed work, Les illustrations canadiennes: première série, 1494-1676 (1887), points to the same broader interest in Canadian history and biography.
Because reliable biographical information about his personal life is hard to confirm, he is best introduced through his writing: devotional, historical, and centered on the people and legends of early Montreal. In that sense, his books preserve a late-19th-century view of New France that blends local memory, faith, and admiration for colonial-era figures.