Adolphe-Basile Routhier

honourable the to sir Adolphe Basile Routhier (St-Placid May 8th 1839 with - June 27th 1920 with Holy-Irenee-the-Baths) is a writer Québécois, essay writer, novelist, criticizes literary, lawyer, author, judge and professor. He is the author of the words of the national anthem of Canada thanks to his poem entitled “O Canada”.

Biography

Sir Adolphe Basile Routhier was born with Saint-Placid on banks from the lake from the Two Mountains on May 8th, 1839. As of an young age, it developed a taste for the voyages and the dreams.

At the 11 years age, the Routhier young person makes his traditional studies with the Seminar of Holy-Therese until in 1858. Thereafter, he studies the right to the Université Laval. In 1861, it is allowed with the bar. A conservative in heart, he is candidate at the time of the federal election of 1874 in the district of Kamouraska, but he knows a defeat. This same year, it is named judge puîné at the Superior court of the province of Quebec for the district of Saguenay.

In 1876, it chairs the lawsuit which, according to him, would be most important of all the Canadian history that of “the undue influence”. The investigation lasted 35 days and more than 175 witnesses are heard. According to Routhier, it was the most important conflict between the Church and the State.

In 1897, Routhier refused the station of Lieutenant-governor Territoires of the North-West to accept that of judge of admiralty at the Court of the chess-board of Canada. At this same time, he is also law professor at the Laval University.

Meanwhile in its literary career, Routhier collaborates with several newspapers and reviews, in particular the Nouveau World and the Courrier of Canada . In 1871, it makes appear its Talks of Sunday, a collection of articles already published in the daily newspaper. During its long career, it touched with all the literary movements of its time: critical test, literary portraits, historical drafts, accounts of voyage, poems, novels and drama. A generous writer, it composed the words of the O Canada in 1880 at the time of the Midsummer's Day Baptiste; it is its most outstanding work. It will be only in 1980 that this poem will become officially the national anthem of Canada.

In 1875, with Rome, Pie IX conferred to him the title of knight about Saint-Gregoire it Grand, then in June 1911, the king Edouard VII created it knight of Saint-Michel and of Saint-Georges, it from now on was called to sir Adolphe Basile Routhier.

In 1906, Routhier takes its well deserved retirement. It devoted all its spare time to literary creation. At 80 years, its prose was always also alert. It was 81 years old when it died in country of Charlevoix, with Saint-Irenee-the-Baths, on June 27th, 1920. It was buried with the Cimetière Our-Lady-with-Belmont with Holy-Foy (Quebec).

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