Background
Benjamin Sulte was born on September 17, 1841, in Three Rivers, Province of Quebec. He was the son of Benjamin Suite, navigator, and Marie Antoinette Lefebvre.
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Benjamin Sulte was born on September 17, 1841, in Three Rivers, Province of Quebec. He was the son of Benjamin Suite, navigator, and Marie Antoinette Lefebvre.
Sulte was educated by the Brothers of the Christian schools, but he had to leave school at the age of ten due to the death of his father four years earlier. He underwent military training at the College of Quebec. In 1916, Benjamin was awarded an honorary LL.D. by the University of Toronto.
After leaving school, Sulte held a variety of jobs. In 1861 was enlisted in the infantry to avoid a possible American invasion. A sergeant major, he then became a police captain. In 1866, he became an editor in Le Canada, a Conservative Ottawa newspaper, replacing Elser Guerin. The next year he became the official translator in the House of Commons of Canada. In 1870, he started working for the Department of Militia and Defence eventually becoming chief clerk in 1889. He retired in 1903.
Benjamin Sulte was very dedicated to the study of Canadian history, a passion that dominated him throughout his professional life. His most famous work is his Histoire des Canadiens français, published in 1882.
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2017Renowned as a liberal, Sulte painted an unflattering portrait of the Jesuits, François de Laval and Octave Crémazie, which earned him reproaches. He criticized certain aspects of French-Canadian nationalism.
Sulte was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
The end of Sulte's life was fraught with difficulties, having experienced a hard separation with his wife.
Quotes from others about the person
"The Quebec writer and historian Benjamin Suite amazed his contemporaries by his inexhaustible energy and his voluminous production.” - Kathleen L. Kellett, Dictionary of Literary’ Biography
In 1871, Sulte married Augustine Parent, daughter of Etienne Parent, Under Secretary of State. They had two children.