Jean de Quen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean de Quen

French Jesuit missionary

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Amiens, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 08-Oct-1659

Profession: historian, author, educator, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jean de Quen (May c.?1603 in Amiens, France – 8 October 1659, in Quebec City) was a French Jesuit missionary, priest and historian.
As head of Jesuit missions of New France, he founded the missions to Saguenay.
In 1647, Jean de Quen was the first European to reach the shores of Piékouagami (Lac Saint-Jean).