Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier | |
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![]() Routhier in c. 1890 | |
Born | Saint-Benoît (Saint-Placide), Lower Canada | May 8, 1839
Died | June 27, 1920 | (aged 81)
Resting place | Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | lawyer, author, judge, and professor |
Known for | Writing the lyrics of the original French version of the Canadian national anthem "O Canada" |
Title | President of the Royal Society of Canada |
Term | 1913–1914 |
Predecessor | Frank Dawson Adams |
Successor | Alfred Baker |
Spouse |
Clorinde Mondelet (m. 1862) |
Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier FRSC (French pronunciation: [adɔlf bazil ʁutje]; May 8, 1839 – June 27, 1920) was a Canadian judge, author, and lyricist. He wrote the lyrics of the original French version of the Canadian national anthem "O Canada". He was born in Saint-Placide, Quebec, to Charles Routhier and Angélique Lafleur.[1]
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