Jean-Pierre Wallot, OC, FRSC, (born May 22, 1935) is a Canadian historian, educator, civil servant and the former National Archivist of Canada.
Born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, he graduated from the Université de Montréal in 1954. He also received a Master's and Doctorate from the same university. Wallot worked as a journalist from 1954 to 1960. From 1966 to 1969, he was a historian with the National Museum of Man in Ottawa. He has held a number of senior administrative positions at the Université de Montréal including Chairman, Department of History (1973 – 1975), Vice-Dean Studies (1975 – 1978) and Vice-Dean Research (1979 – 1982) in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Vice-President Academic (1982 – 1985). From 1985 until 1997, he was National Archivist.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1978 and served as the President from 1997 to 1999.
In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
References
- International Who's Who. accessed September 1, 2006.
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| Preceded by Robert Haynes |
President of the Royal Society of Canada 1997-1999 |
Succeeded by William Leiss |
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