Henri-Raymond Casgrain

• Name — Henri-Raymond Casgrain • Born — 16 December 1831 • Birthplace — Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada • Died — 11 February 1904 • Place of death — Quebec City, Quebec • Relatives — Charles-Eusèbe Casgrain, father • Title — President of the Royal Society of Canada • Term — 1889–1890 • Predecessor — Sandford Fleming • Successor — George Monro Grant

Born in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada, the son Charles-Eusèbe Casgrain and Eliza Anne Baby, Casgrain studied at College of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. In 1852, he enrolled in the Montreal School of Medicine and Surgery, but became a priest in 1856. He started teaching at the College of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière until he was forced to give up teaching because of ill health. In 1859, he was appointed curate of the parish of La Nativité-de-Notre-Dame at Beauport and was free to devote himself entirely to literary pursuits. In 1877, he was awarded a doctorate of history from the Universite Laval, where he would remain as professor. He wrote primarily on New France and its personalities, such as Samuel de Champlain, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and his aide-de-camp Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis. From 1889 to 1890, he was the president of the Royal Society of Canada.