François-Xavier Garneau

François-Xavier Garneau
François-Xavier Garneau
Born(1809-06-15)June 15, 1809
DiedFebruary 2 or February 3, 1866(1866-02-03) (aged 56)
Quebec City, Canada East
Occupation(s)notary, civil servant, historian, poet

François-Xavier Garneau (June 15, 1809 – February 2 or February 3, 1866) was a nineteenth-century French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and liberal who wrote a three-volume history of the French Canadian nation entitled Histoire du Canada between 1845 and 1848.