Armand Frappier
{{Short description|Canadian physician and microbiologist (1904–1991)}}
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Armand Frappier{{Pronunciation needed|date=June 2024}} {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|GOQ|OBE|MSRC}} (November 26, 1904 – December 17, 1991) was a Canadian physician, microbiologist, and expert on tuberculosis from Quebec.
Born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, the son of Arthur-Alexis Frappier and Bernadette Codebecq, his mother died in 1923 from tuberculosis. This greatly affected him and he pursued a career devoted to fighting this tueuse de maman (mother killer). In 1924, he received a Bachelor of Arts and, in 1930, he received a medical degree from the Université de Montréal. In 1933, he obtained a Bachelor of Science also from the Université de Montréal.
In 1938, he founded the Institut de microbiologie et d'hygiène de Montréal - following the model of the Pasteur Institute in Paris and the Connaught Laboratories of the University of Toronto (Malissard, 1998; 1999a, 1999b, 2000)- the first French-language school of hygiene in the world, and served as its director for 38 years. It was renamed Institut Armand-Frappier in 1975.
He was instrumental in the fight against tuberculosis in Canada and as one of the first researchers to confirm the safety and usefulness of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine.
In 1929, he married Thérèse Ostiguy. They had four children: Lise, Monique, Michèle, and Paul.
Honours
- He was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire by King George VI, upon the recommendation of the Canadian government.
- In 1969, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
- In 1985, he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
- In 1993, the Quebec government created the Prix Armand-Frappier in his honour, given every year to a scientist in recognition of his or her career.
- He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- On January 17, 2000, Canada Post honoured him with a stamp entitled, Armand Frappier: Champion Disease Fighter.
- In 2012, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://cdnmedhall.org/dr-armand-frappier |title=Dr. Armand Frappier |publisher=Canadian Medical Hall of Fame |year=2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083028/http://cdnmedhall.org/dr-armand-frappier |archive-date=2014-08-19 }}
References
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- Malissard, P. (1998), « La longue controverse de la vaccination antituberculeuse au Canada : le Bacille Calmette Guérin (bcg), 1925-1975 », Canadian Bulletin of the History of Medicine/Bulletin canadien d'histoire de la médecine, vol. 15, p. 85-126.
- Malissard, P. (1999a), « Les centres universitaires de production et de recherche en microbiologie au Canada ou savoir se rendre utile», Bulletin d'histoire politique, vol. 7, no 3, p. 40-50.
- Malissard, P. (1999b), Quand les universitaires se font entrepreneurs. Les Laboratoires Connaught et l'Institut de microbiologie et d'hygiène de l'Université de Montréal, 1914-1972, thèse de doctorat, Université du Québec à Montréal.
- Malissard, P. (2000), [https://www.erudit.org/revue/socsoc/2000/v32/n1/001473ar.pdf « Les "Start-Up" de jadis : la production de vaccins au Canada » Sociologie et sociétés, vol. 32, n° 1, p. 93-106.]
- {{cite web|title=Dr. Armand Frappier (1904-1991) |work=Saskatchewan Lung Association |url=http://www.lung.ca/tb/tbhistory/people/frappier.html |access-date=June 3, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406001724/http://lung.ca/tb/tbhistory/people/frappier.html |archive-date=April 6, 2005 }}
- {{cite web|title=Abridged biography of Dr. Armand Frappier (PDF) |work=Armand Frappier Museum |url=http://www.musee-afrappier.qc.ca/photos/1120_docteur/Biographie_ArmandFrappier_anglais.PDF |access-date=June 3, 2005 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Grand Officers of the National Order of Quebec
Category:Canadian Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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