Jérôme Demers

Jérôme Demers (August 1, 1774 – May 17, 1853) was a Québécois Roman Catholic priest, author, architect, educator, and ecclesiastical administrator. He was perhaps best known as a teacher of philosophy (along with literature, architecture, and science) at the Séminaire de Québec, where he taught for more than fifty years. His Institutiones Philosophicae ad Usum Studiosae Juventutis appeared in 1835{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/institutionesphi00quebuoft|title=Institutiones philosophicae ad usum studiosae juventutis|work=Internet Archive|accessdate=4 February 2016}} and was the first Canadian textbook of philosophy. Louis-Joseph Papineau was among his students.{{cite encyclopedia |last=Galarneau |first=Claude |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |title=Jérôme Demers |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jerome-demers |edition=online |date=4 March 2015 |publisher=Historica Canada }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcq.org/seminaire/english/chap3/3-1-1.htm |title=Jérôme Demers (1774-1853) |access-date=2011-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326092552/http://www.mcq.org/seminaire/english/chap3/3-1-1.htm |archive-date=2012-03-26 |url-status=dead }}{{cite DCB |last=Galarneau |first=Claude |title=Demers, Jérôme |url=https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/demers_jerome_8E.html |volume=8 |accessdate=4 February 2016}}{{cite encyclopedia|last1=Archibald|first1=Thomas|last2=Charbonneau|first2=Louis|editor1-last=Kinyon|editor1-first=Michael|editor2-last=Van Brummelen, Glen|title=Mathematics in Canada Before 1945: A Preliminary Survey|encyclopedia=Mathematics and the Historian's Craft|page=154|publisher=Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.|year=2005|isbn=0-387-25284-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UXlkxYTavxUC&q=abbe+demers+philosopher&pg=PA154|accessdate=September 4, 2011}}

He also exercised a strong influence in the field of architecture.{{cite book|last=Toker|first=Franklin|authorlink=Franklin Toker|title=The Church of Notre-Dame in Montreal: an architectural history|year=1991|page=77|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |isbn=9780773508484|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VFaToS1t3AYC&q=abbe+demers&pg=PA77}} A building that is part of the Musée de l'Amérique française now bears his name.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcq.org/en/maf/index.html |title=Musée de l'Amérique française : Musée le la civilisation Museological Complex |access-date=2011-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918081030/http://www.mcq.org/en/maf/index.html |archive-date=2011-09-18 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mcq.org/seminaire/english/chap1/1-5.htm |title=The Pavillon Jérôme-Demers |website=www.mcq.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326092600/http://www.mcq.org/seminaire/english/chap1/1-5.htm |archive-date=2012-03-26}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mcq.org/en/presse/presse.php?idEx=w311 |title=Le Musée de l'Amérique française : News desk : Musée le la civilisation Museological Complex |website=www.mcq.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602113520/http://www.mcq.org/en/presse/presse.php?idEx=w311 |archive-date=2007-06-02}}