About Auguste Carayon
Lived 1813 – 1874 (aged 61). Auguste Carayon was a French historian and writer.
Auguste Carayon (31 March 1813 – 15 May 1874) was a French Jesuit author and bibliographer.
Biography
Carayon was born in Saumur, France in 1813; he joined the Society of Jesus in 1848, and was at various times librarian and procurator. Between 1864 and 1874 he edited many historical works, and is considered a leading authority upon the history of his order, especially in New France, the area colonized by France in North America.
Carayon worked with Augustin and Alois de Backer and Carlos Sommervogel.
Carayon died at Poitiers in 1874.
Works His principal works were: (Paris, 1864) (Paris, 1864) (1865)
He was also the author of several devotional treatises published between 1854 and 1863.
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French Jesuit (1813–1874)
When was Auguste Carayon born?
Auguste Carayon was born on 31 March 1813 in Saumur.
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Auguste Carayon died on 15 May 1874 in Poitiers.
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Auguste Carayon was a historian and writer.
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Auguste Carayon was French.
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