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Alfred Baker. Spouse. Clorinde Mondelet. . ( m. 1862) . Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier FRSC (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.
History. The French lyrics of "O Canada" were written by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier, to music composed by Calixa Lavallée, as a French Canadian patriotic song for the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society and first performed on June 24, 1880, at a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day banquet in Quebec City. At that time, the "Chant National", also by Routhier, was ...
- July 1, 1980
- Calixa Lavallée, 1880
- French: Ô Canada
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Adolphe Basile Routhier, né le 1839 à Saint-Placide et mort le à Saint-Irénée-les-Bains, est un écrivain, essayiste, romancier, critique littéraire, avocat, juge et professeur canadien. Il est l'auteur des paroles françaises de l' hymne national du Canada par son poème intitulé Ô Canada .
- Jean Piquefort, François Bonami
Jun 11, 2008 · Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier, lawyer, magistrate, man of letters, orator, professor, administrator (b at St-Placide, LC 8 May 1839; d at Saint-Irénée-les-Bains, Qué 27 June 1920). He studied law at U Laval and was admitted to the bar in 1861. He became a justice of the Superior Court (first in Saguenay district and then in Québec), and in ...
ROUTHIER, Sir ADOLPHE-BASILE, lawyer, author, judge, and professor; b. 8 May 1839 in Saint-Benoît (Saint-Placide), Lower Canada, son of Charles Routhier, a farmer and veteran of the War of 1812, and Angélique Lafleur (Biroleau, dit Lafleur); m. 12 Nov. 1862 at Quebec Clorinde Mondelet, the only daughter of Jean-Olivier (John Oliva) Mondelet, a Montreal lawyer; they had one son; d. 27 June ...
Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. Adolphe-Basile Routhier was born on May 8, 1839, in Saint-Placide, Quebec. He studied at the Université Laval and practiced law in Kamouraska, Quebec. He was appointed to the Quebec Supreme Court in 1873, and later became Chief Justice, from 1904 until his retirement in 1906. Routhier was also an accomplished poet.
English: Adolphe-Basile Routhier, FRSC (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". Français : Adolphe Basile Routhier, (° 8 May 1839 à St-Placide, † 27 June 1920 à Saint-Irénée-les-Bains ), est un écrivain ...
