William Chapman
George William Albert Chapman, né George William Alphred (13 December 1850 – 23 February 1917), was a Canadian poet. Chapman was born in Saint-François-de-Beauce, Quebec (today's Beauceville), and was educated at Levis College in 1862–1867. He studied law, afterward engaged in commercial pursuits, and later entered the civil service of the Province of Quebec.
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William Chapman
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- Name
- William Chapman
- Birth Name
- George William Alphred Chapman
- Born
- 13 December 1850
- Birthplace
- Saint-François parish (in Beauceville), Lower Canada
- Died
- 23 February 1917
- Place of death
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- journalist · poet · writer
- Honours
- prix Archon-Despérouses
- Languages
- French
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George William Albert Chapman, né George William Alphred (13 December 1850 – 23 February 1917), was a Canadian poet. Chapman was born in Saint-François-de-Beauce, Quebec (today's Beauceville), and was educated at Levis College in 1862–1867. He studied law, afterward engaged in commercial pursuits, and later entered the civil service of the Province of Quebec.
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Chapman worked for some time as a journalist in Quebec City and Montreal; but in 1902 became a French translator for the Dominion Senate and removed to Ottawa, Ontario. After his death in 1917, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.
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• Name — William Chapman • Birth Name — George William Alphred Chapman • Born — 13 December 1850 • Birthplace — Saint-François parish (in Beauceville), Lower Canada • Died — 23 February 1917 • Place of death — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Resting Place — Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery • Genre — Poetry
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1850
William Chapman born at Beauceville.
1917
William Chapman died at Ottawa.
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Beauceville.
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• Les Québécoises (1876) • Mines d'or de la Beauce (1881) • Guide et souvenir de la St-Jean-Baptiste (1884), Montréal • Les Feuilles d'érable (1890) • Le lauréat (1894) • Les deux Copains (1894) • Les aspirations: poésies canadiennes (1904), which received the highest prize of the Académie française • Les Rayons du Nord (1910), which also gained the highest prize of the Académie française • Les Fleurs de givre (1912)
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- 1.Biographie – CHAPMAN, WILLIAM – Volume XIV (1911-1920) – Dictionnaire biographique du Canada. www.biographi.ca.
- 2.Prix Archon-Despérouses. academie-francaise.fr.
- 3.Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société. Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges.
- 4.Fonds William Chapman (MSS126) - Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)
- 5.Chapman, William (fonds, P410). Centre for Research on French Canadian Culture.
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The authorities additionally record the headings George William Albert Chapman and George William Alphred. His recorded language was French. Recorded as having received prix Archon-Despérouses.
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