Date Biennially First awarded 1952 | Country Canada Official website rsc.ca | |
Awarded for "a distinguished contribution to knowledge in the humanities other than Canadian literature and Canadian history" Presented by Royal Society of Canada | ||
The Pierre Chauveau Medal is an biennial award of the Royal Society of Canada "for a distinguished contribution to knowledge in the humanities other than Canadian literature and Canadian history".
The award consists of a silver medal and is named in honour of Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (1820–1890), who was a Canadian lawyer, writer, orator, educator and statesman. He was the second President of the Royal Society of Canada and the first Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec following the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867.
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