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Pierre Chauveau Medal
The
Pierre Chauveau
Medal
is a
biennial
award
of the
Royal Society of Canada
"for a
distinguished
contribution
to
knowledge in
the humanities
other than
Canadian literature
and Canadian history".
The award consists of a
silver medal
and is named in honour of
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
, who was a
Canadian lawyer
, writer, orator,
educator
and statesman. He was the second
President of the Royal Society of Canada
and the first
Premier
of the
Canadian province
of Quebec following
the establishment
of the
Dominion of Canada
in 1867.
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