Louis de niverville biography sample
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Louis de Niverville
Thomas Miller was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1943. Since childhood, when playing with puppets and making pictures were a vital part of learning, Thomas wanted to be an artist. He majored in art at the University of Redlands in California, and received his MFA in painting from the University of Iowa in 1969.In 1969 Thomas moved to Nova Scotia to become the art consultant for the Kings County School Board. As well as teaching art in elementary schools he began experimentation in puppet theatre. In 1972 Thomas left teaching to co-found Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, which specializes in mixed media puppet productions for young people. For fifteen years Thomas was the resident designer for Mermaid Theatre and created several award winning productions which toured Canada, England, Wales, Australia, Japan and the United States.In 1987 Thomas resigned from Mermaid Theatre and began painting full time. His favourite medium is acrylic on canvas. Early works included landscape and still life. Since 2006 his paintings have featured references to historical artists and artifacts. Thomas has exhibited regularly since 1987, participating in solo and group exhibitions in Canada and the United States where his paintings are part of private and corporate collections.T
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BOUCHERDE NIVERVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE, officer in the colonial regular troops, seigneur; b. 6 Dec. 1673 at Boucherville (Que.), son of Pierre Boucher* and Jeanne Crevier; d. 1748 at Boucherville.
Jean-Baptiste Boucher de Niverville was initiated into a military career at an early age. He first was in the militia, then enlisted in the colonial regular troops. Around 1695 he was appointed an ensign, and in 1690 and 1696 he apparently took part in the expeditions organized by Frontenac [Buade*] against the English and Iroquois. In a letter to Pontchartrain, the minister of Marine, on 12 Nov. 1707, Governor Vaudreuil [Rigaud*] and Intendant Jacques Raudot* informed the minister that they were sending him “a bag full of mineral samples found at Lake Champlain by the Sieurs de Niverville, Graveline, and Destailly, as well as a map of Lake Champlain.” It is not known, however, for what purpose they were at Lake Champlain. Boucher, who had been promoted lieutenant in 1705, was put on half pay in 1711.
In 1710 he married Marguerite-Thérèse, the daughter of Joseph-François Hertel* de La Fresnière and Marguerite de Thavenet*. Nine years earlier, in 1701, he had received from his father an arrière-fief of 60 acres in the seigneury of Boucherville, whi
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