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| | Demers, Jérôme |
 | | Demers, Jérôme, priest, vicar general, architect, teacher (b at St-Nicolas, Qué 1 Aug 1774; d at Québec City, Canada E 17 May 1853). |
 | | Demers taught literature, philosophy, architecture and science for over 50 years at the Séminaire de Québec and was also superior and bursar of the community. |
 | | In 1835 he published Institutiones philosophicae ad usum studiosae juventutis, his course notes made over 30 years of teaching and the first Canadian PHILOSOPHY textbook. |
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