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Marie-Victorin Kirouac
1944Jul, 15

Marie-Victorin Kirouac

Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (b. 1885)
Brother Marie-Victorin, F.S.C. (April 3, 1885 – July 15, 1944), was a Canadian member of Brothers of the Christian Schools and a noted botanist in Quebec, Canada. He is known as the father of the Botanical Garden of Montreal.

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