Guy Rocher | |
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Born | Berthierville, Quebec, Canada | April 20, 1924
Education | |
Occupation(s) | Academic, Sociologist |
Awards | Order of Canada National Order of Quebec |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sociology |
Thesis | The relations between church and state in New France during the seventeenth century: a sociological interpretation (1958) |
Guy Arthur Auguste Rocher CC GOQ MSRC (born April 20, 1924) is a Canadian academic and sociologist.
Born in Berthierville, Quebec, he received a B.A. from the Université de Montréal in 1943, an M.A. in sociology from Université Laval in 1950, and a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University in 1958. From 1952 until 1960 he taught at Université Laval. From 1960 he has taught at the Université de Montréal. Rocher turned 100 in April 2024.[1]