GARNEAU, FRANCOIS-XAVIER Cana dian historian, the son of a working man, was born in Quebec. He entered a notary's office when about 15, himself becoming a notary in 1830. In 1831 he visited England, studying English in stitutions. Returning to Canada in 1833, he was appointed trans lator to the chamber of Lower Canada, and from 1844-64 was sec retary to the city of Quebec. His Histoire du Canada treats of the history of all the French colonies in North America. By this work, strongly anti-British in tone, Garneau may be said to have founded a school of patriotic Canadian historians. He also published Voyage en Angleterre et en France