Bruchési, Jean, 1901-1979

Canadian diplomat Jean Bruchési, born in Montreal, studied political science and literature in Paris and law at the Université de Montréal where he himself then taught and wrote about history and political science from 1927 until 1937. He then became assistant secretary of the province of Quebec till 1959. Next he began a diplomatic career, serving as Canadian ambassador to Spain, Morocco and then Argentina with extra missions to the Vatican as well as several African nations. He became a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 1940, then its president in 1953-1954 and was awarded many honors, including both the Pariseau and Ludger-Duvernay prizes in 1949, the J.B. Tyrrell Medal in 1951 and the Medal of the Académie des lettres du Québec in 1959.