death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
19 july 1994 montreal , quebec 18 august 1896 victor barbeau
 victor barbeau writer and academic
victor barbeau

victor barbeau , -lrb- 18 august 1896 -- 19 july 1994 -rrb- was a quebec writer and academic .
born in montreal , quebec , barbeau was educated at collège sainte-marie , université laval , and university of paris .
from 1925 to 1963 , he was a professor at hec montréal .
he was a founding member of the académie canadienne française -lrb- today académie des lettres du québec -rrb- and was its president from 1944 to 1947 .
in 1970 , he was made an officer of the order of canada .
in 1987 , he was made a grand officer of the national order of quebec .
