Jean-Pierre Wallot

Who was Jean-Pierre Wallot?

Jean-Pierre Wallot, OC FRSC was a Canadian historian, educator, civil servant and former National Archivist of Canada.

Born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, he graduated from the Université de Montréal in 1954. He also received a Master's and Doctorate from the same university. Wallot worked as a journalist from 1954 to 1960. From 1966 to 1969, he was a historian with the National Museum of Man in Ottawa. He has held a number of senior administrative positions at the Université de Montréal including Chairman, Department of History, Vice-Dean Studies and Vice-Dean Research in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Vice-President Academic. From 1985 until 1997, he was National Archivist.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1978 and served as the President from 1997 to 1999.

In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.