Dr. Frédérick Montizambert National Historic Person (1843-1929)
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Dr. Frédérick Montizambert was designated a national historic person in 1998.
Commemorative plaque : Grosse-Île, QuébecFootnote 1
Frédérick Montizambert
Medical superintendent at Grosse Île for thirty years, and later responsible for all the quarantine stations in Canada, Dr. Frederick Montizambert played a pioneering role in the fields of bacteriology and epidemiology. In 1899, he became the first Director General of Public Health in the country. A forceful advocate of preventive medicine, disinfection and vaccination, he worked at a time of massive immigration to protect Canadians from the many, often-fatal contagious diseases then prevalent around the world.
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© Topley Studio / Library and Archives Canada
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© B.M Greene, éd., Who’s who in Canada
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© Parks Canada / Joan Winters Doyle Collection
The National Program of Historical Commemoration relies on the participation of Canadians in the identification of places, events and persons of national historic significance. Any member of the public can nominate a topic for consideration by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
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