Auguste Carayon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Auguste Carayon

French Jesuit

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1813

Place of Birth: Saumur, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 15-May-1874

Profession: historian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Auguste Carayon (31 March 1813 – 15 May 1874) was a French Jesuit author and bibliographer. He was born in Saumur, France in 1813; he joined the Society of Jesus in 1848, and was at various times librarian and procurator.
Between 1864 and 1874 he edited many historical works, and is considered a leading authority upon the history of his order, especially in New France, the area colonized by France in North America. Carayon died at Poitiers in 1874.