Michel sarrazin biography book

Jump to the biography. Source: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. We know of no portrait of Michel Sarrazin, and the one that is sometimes said to be of him seems to be of a Dr Sarrazin who was living in France. Michel Sarrazin came to New France in , as a surgeon in the Marine. On 12 Sept.

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A royal decree from Versailles, dated 16 March , ratified the appointment. At this period there was no hint of the future naturalist. The mere mention of plane-trees is not enough to reveal the interest of a botanist: their height, which reached feet, was enough to surprise any visitor from the east. On the other hand the archives of the Sulpicians contain letters, dated and Sarrazin, who is infirm and who still practises as a surgeon-major.

Is it merely out of charity or because he can be of some use to you? Sarrazin has retired here [to France].

Considéré comme le premier scientifique canadien, Michel Sarrazin () débarque à Québec à l'âge de 26 ans et y exerce le métier de chirurgien, puis de «médecin .

We were surprised at the advice given to him in Canada to leave his profession and become a priest. The more we have examined both his present and past state of mind, the more we have been convinced that there was no indication of a divine vocation to justify this change. Thus he has been advised to resume his former occupation if he could.