Henry Percival Biggar [SEP] place of death
Henry Percival Biggar
Henry Percival Biggar (Carrying Place, Ontario, August 9, 1872 — Worplesdon, Surrey, July 25, 1938) was a historian and Canadian archivist. After studies at the Upper Canada College of Toronto, at the University of Toronto and at the University of Oxford, he worked with Archives nationales du Canada and became chief archivist of Canada in Europe from 1905 until his death.
Works.
Expert in the history of New France, he wrote "The Early Trading Companies of New France"
. Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier became a member.
History.
The initial book, the first volume of Lescarbot's "History of New France", edited by W. L. Grant and Henry Percival Biggar, was published in 1907, and within a decade the Society published ten books. Walker remained president until his death in 1924. He was succeeded by a series of scholars, but on occasion the Society has been led by non-academics.
The Society's focus was to publish scholarly editions of primary sources on