Disposer de son cadavre : la naissance de la crémation au Québec (1874-1914)

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Disposer de son cadavre : la naissance de la crémation au Québec (1874-1914)
Abstract
The author examines the political, religious and scientific debates surrounding the adoption of cremation of human corpses in Quebec at the turn of the twentieth century. In 1901, Quebec's Legislative Assembly enacted a law authorizing the creation of the first crematorium in Canada, at Montreal's Mount Royal Cemetery. Montreal's Unitarian Church was a strong advocate of cremation, and John H. R. Molson (1826-1897) and his wife, Louisa Frothingham (1827-1910), both Unitarians, with the aid of William Macdonald (1831-1917), all members of Montreal's English-speaking elite, were instrumental in getting the 1901 law passed.
Type
Master's Thesis
University
Université du Québec à Montréal
Place
Montréal
Date
2015
Language
fr
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Robert, Martin. “Disposer de son cadavre : la naissance de la crémation au Québec (1874-1914).” Master’s Thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal, 2015. http://www.archipel.uqam.ca/7193/1/M13747.pdf.
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