léon, gérin, french, pronunciation, ʁɛ, 1863, january, 1951, canadian, lawyer, civil, servant, sociologist, circa, 1920born, 1863, 1863quebec, city, canada, eastdiedjanuary, 1951, 1951, aged, montreal, quebec, canadaparentantoine, gérin, lajoie, father, born, . Leon Gerin French pronunciation le ɔ ʒe ʁɛ May 17 1863 January 15 1951 was a Canadian lawyer civil servant and sociologist Leon GerinLeon Gerin circa 1920Born 1863 05 17 May 17 1863Quebec City Canada EastDiedJanuary 15 1951 1951 01 15 aged 87 Montreal Quebec CanadaParentAntoine Gerin Lajoie father Born in Quebec City Canada East the son of Antoine Gerin Lajoie Gerin studied at the Seminaire de Nicolet before receiving a law degree from Universite Laval in 1884 In 1886 he went to Paris for a few months and became interested in sociology Returning to Canada he settled in Ottawa and worked for the federal government and the House of Commons of Canada 1 He wrote works on a variety of subjects including the history of French colonization of the Americas and rural society in French Canada in the 19th century 1 A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada he served as its president from 1933 to 1934 and was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1941 The Government of Quebec s Prix Leon Gerin is named in his honour References edit a b Prix Leon Gerin Government of Quebec permanent dead link External links editLeon Gerin at The Canadian EncyclopediaProfessional and academic associationsPreceded byFrancis Ernest Lloyd President of the Royal Society of Canada1933 1934 Succeeded byW Lash Miller nbsp nbsp This biography of a Canadian sociologist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leon Gerin amp oldid 1206403407, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
