Joseph-François Lafitau
1681–1746
French Jesuit priest and missionary. Joined the Jesuit ministry at Bordeaux in 1796, and studied rhetoric, philosophy, and theology at Pau, Poitiers, La Fleche, and Paris. Missionary to the Iroquois in Quebec, 1712–17. Discovered ginseng in North America; published his major work on the Iroquois (Moeurs des sauvages amériquains comparées aux moeurs des premiers) in 1724.
Source
DCB
Bibliography
DCB: Dictionary of Canadian biography. Edited by George W. Brown et al. 13 vols. and index to first 12 vols. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press. 1966–94.
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