Adjutor Rivard Explained

Adjutor Rivard
Birth Date:22 January 1868
Birth Place:Saint-Grégoire de Nicolet, Quebec
Death Place:Quebec City, Quebec
Occupation:lawyer, judge, linguist

Adjutor Rivard (22 January 1868  - 17 July 1945[1]) was a lawyer, writer, judge and linguist from Quebec, Canada.

He studied at the Petit séminaire de Québec and Université Laval. He co-founded the Société du parler français au Canada (SPFC) and is recognized as one of the principal authors of the Glossaire du parler français au Canada published by the SPFC in 1930. With Mgr Louis-Nazaire Bégin, he also co-founded the L'Action catholique review.

Writing career

Rivard was something of a traditionalist as can be seen in his somewhat syrupy description of country life as portrayed in Chez Nous.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Claude Verreault. "Adjutor Rivard (1868-1945) ", in the site of the Laboratoire de lexicologie et lexicographie québécoises, retrieved October 25, 2009
  2. Book: Toye . William . William Toye (author) . Benson . Eugene . Eugene Benson . Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature . Toronto . 2 . Oxford University Press . 1997 . 362.