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Person
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Lanctot, Gustave
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Description area
Dates of existence
1883-1975
History
Gustave Lanctot was born in St. Constant, Quebec on July 5, 1883. He studied at the Universite de Montreal, Oxford University, and the Sorbonne. In 1912 he began working at the Public Archives of Canada (now Library and Archives Canada). He was the Chief French Archivist, becoming the Dominion Archivist in 1937 until his retirement in 1948. He died in Montreal on February 2, 1975.
During his career he won many awards and honours including David Awards in 1925, 1929, and 1945 (given to writers or researchers in Quebec), a JB Tyrrell Medal in 1943, the Champlain Award in 1962, The Governor General's Award in 1963 and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1967.