military officer
Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry.
Louis XV's Chief Engineer of New France (1682-1756)
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About Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry
Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, was Louis XV's Chief Engineer of New France. He is recognised as the father of the first truly Canadian architecture. In 2006, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada designated him a person of national historic importance. It highlighted his contribution to the development of New France through the quality, variety, importance and scope of his work in the fields of military engineering, civil and religious architecture, and urban planning.
Everything about Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry →- Occupation
- military officer, military engineer
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- October 3, 1682
- Died
- March 23, 1756