Marcel Trudel

Marcel Trudel, the son of Hermyle Trudel, carriage-maker and Antoinette Cossette, was born May 29,  1917 at St-Narcisse-de-Champlain. Orphaned at age 5, he was adopted by Théodore Baril and Mary Trépanier. He attended parochial schools in his hometown and in Trois-Rivières, where he finished his secondary studies at the Grand Séminaire, studying Hebrew and Philosophy.

Trudel attended Laval University (Québec), where he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree and received a Master's degree summa cum laude in 1945, majoring in English, Spanish, German and Russian. From 1941-1945, he taught French, Latin and Greek at Collège Bourget in Rigaud, Québec. After further study at Harvard, he was named Professor of Canadian History at Laval in 1947, later becoming secretary of the Institut d'Histoire et de Généalogie and its director in 1954.
He moved to Carleton University (Ottawa) in 1966, where he became the first French-Canadian to head the Institute of Canadian Studies. In 1968, he was named Chairman of the History Department of the University of Ottawa, where he remained until his retirement in 1982.

Trudel has authored more than 40 books on New France, including Introduction to New France, published by Quintin Publications. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and prizes, not only in Canada, but in France and the United States and has lectured extensively throughout North America, France and Italy.

He married firstly to Anne Chrétien in 1942 and secondly to Miceline d'Allaire in 1970. He has 3 children from his first marriage: Jeanne, Madeleine and Marc. He has six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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