Aurélien Boisvert

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{{Short description|Canadian historian (1927–2021)}}

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Aurélien Boisvert (1927 – 3 May 2021) was a Canadian historian and lawyer.{{cite web|url=https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2021/05/08/a97f61314b/boisvert-aurelien|title=Boisvert, Aurélien|work=Le Journal de Montréal|language=French}}{{cite news |last=Bert|first=Didier|date=14 May 2021|title=Décès d'un notaire historien|trans-title= |url=https://www.droit-inc.com/article28693-Deces-d-un-notaire-historien|language=French|work=Droit-inc|location= |access-date=17 May 2021}} He attended classical college in Terrebonne and subsequently studied law at the Université de Montréal. Following his law career, he published several books on New France.

Books

  • Aperçu des mœurs et coutumes des Agniers au xviie siècle (1991)
  • Histoire du Montréal, 1640-1672 (1992)
  • Une vallée de la mort attendait les Français
  • Prisonniers des Agniers (1994)
  • Nation iroquoise (1996)
  • Voyage chez les Onnontagués (1998)
  • Monsieur Duplessis a-t-il eu la tête de Mgr Charbonneau ? (1999)
  • Dollard, ses compagnons et ses alliés (2005)

Honors

  • {{ill|Prix Percy-W.-Foy|fr}} (2006){{cite web|url=http://www.societehistoriquedemontreal.org/distinctions/prix-percy-w-foy/le-prix-et-les-laureats/|title=Le Prix et les lauréat(e)s|work=La Société historique de Montréal|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912165155/https://www.societehistoriquedemontreal.org/distinctions/prix-percy-w-foy/le-prix-et-les-laureats/|archivedate=12 September 2017}}

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