Jean-Pierre Wallot
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| Jean-Pierre Wallot | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 22, 1935 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec |
| Died | August 30, 2010 (aged 75) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Title | President of the Royal Society of Canada |
| Term | 1997-1999 |
| Predecessor | Robert Haynes |
| Successor | William Leiss |
Jean-Pierre Wallot, OC, FRSC (May 22, 1935 – August 30, 2010) was a Canadian historian, educator, civil servant and former National Archivist of Canada.
Born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, he graduated from the Université de Montréal in 1954. He also received a Master's and Doctorate from the same university. Wallot worked as a journalist from 1954 to 1960. From 1966 to 1969, he was a historian with the National Museum of Man in Ottawa. He has held a number of senior administrative positions at the Université de Montréal including Chairman, Department of History (1973 – 1975), Vice-Dean Studies (1975 – 1978) and Vice-Dean Research (1979 – 1982) in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Vice-President Academic (1982 – 1985). From 1985 until 1997, he was National Archivist.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1978 and served as the President from 1997 to 1999.
In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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- International Who's Who. accessed September 1, 2006.
- 1935 births
- 2010 deaths
- Canadian archivists
- Canadian historians
- Canadian Roman Catholics
- Canadian university and college vice-presidents
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- Academics in Quebec
- Quebec historians
- Université de Montréal alumni
- Université de Montréal faculty
- People from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
