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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. == Biography == He was born Joseph-Louis-Conrad Kirouac in Kingsey Falls, Quebec. He was also a relative of the noted American writer, Jack Kerouac. Although Brother Victorin is on record as having suggested that Montreal build its own botanical gardens as early as 1919,〔(Le frère Marie-Victorin : l’âme du Jardin botanique ), by Yves Gingras, in ''Quatre-Temps'', vol. 30, June 2006; pp. 16-19〕 the Garden was authorized by Montreal Mayor Camillien Houde only in 1929, with construction beginning in 1931. Subsequent administrations, both municipal and provincial, opposed the Garden as a boondoggle; however, Brother Victorin continued to champion its cause, promoting it at every opportunity, leading specimen-collection expeditions, recruiting Henry Teuscher as its designer, and even (during the Second World War) protecting it from being converted into a military flight school. Brother Victorin is also known for his writings: his ''Flore laurentienne'' is a botanical record of all species indigenous to southern Quebec, and was the first such record to be compiled. Brother Victorin died in Montreal in a car accident in July 1944. A building at the Université de Montréal, where he had taught botany, was subsequently named for him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marie-Victorin Kirouac」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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