TREMBLAY, Florent A(lexander Joseph) 1933-

PERSONAL: Born July 12, 1933, in St. Angele, Quebec, Canada; son of Arthur and Claire (Plourde) Tremblay; married Simonne Chiasson, July 21, 1973; children: Natalie, Jean-Sébastien. Education: University of Montreal, B.A., 1956; Université Laval, B.Ed., 1958; John Carroll University, M.A., 1961; Catholic University of America, Ph.D., 1968. Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Church organist. Reading history, researching medieval manuscripts, writing, gardening, and travelling.

ADDRESSES: Home—805 Chemin des Ormes, L'Acadie, Quebec, Canada J2Y IC3. Office—Canadian Forces Language School, BFC St. Jean, St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada J0J 1RO. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Immigration-Quebec, director of language programs, 1968-71; Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, professor of applied linguistics, 1968-72; Bureau des Langues, Ottawa, Ontario, coordinator of French as a second language, 1972-73; McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, applied linguistics, 1978-82; Royal Military College of Canada, St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, professor of French language and literature, 1977-2002; Canadian Forces Language School, scholar-in-residence, 1995—. Military service: Canadian National Defence, Army Reserve, 1956-77, coordinator of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) schools in Europe, 1973-77, program director at Royal Military College, St. Jean, Quebec, 1977-95; became major; received special service medal and distinguished conduct medal.

MEMBER: Comité International de Recherche sur l'Histoire Bibliographique des Langues Occidentales (co-president), Association Canadienne Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences, Canadian Learned Societies, Modern Language Association of America, Societé des Études Anciennes du Québec, Societé des Études Médiévales du Québec; Ordre des Linguistes-Conseils du Québec, Association du Royal 22e Regiment, Phi Delta Kappa.

AWARDS, HONORS: Listed among Authors of the Year, Canadian Learned Societies, 1992; Medaille d'Or de la Renaissance Française pour le Rayonnement de la Culture Française, French Government, 1988; Premio "Lettora antica," The Vatican, 2001.

WRITINGS:

La Méthod situationnelle en Français-langue d'usage,Centre de linguistique appliquée, Cap-Rouge (Quebec, Canada), 1972

Bibliotheca Lexicologiae Medii Aevi, Volume 1: Classics and Education in the Middle Ages, Volumes 2-3: Lexicons in the Middle Ages, Volume 4: Grammars in the Middle Ages, Volume 5: The Rise of Vernacular Languages, Volume 6: The Influence of Vulgar Latin, Volumes 7-8: Lexicographical Manuscripts, Volumes 9-10: Author, Geographical, Abbreviation, Title, Chronological, and Incipits Index, Edwin Mellen (Lewiston, NY), 1989-90.

Bibliotheca grammaticorum, Volume 1: Antiquity:Circa 2000 ante Christum-circa 200 ante Christum, two books, Volume 2: The Classical Period: Circa 200 ante Christum-circa 200 post Christum, two books, Volume 3: Roman Decadence: Circa 100 post Christum-circa 500 post Christum, two books, Volume 4: The Middle Ages: circa 6th to the End of the 15th Century, two books, Volume 5: The Renaissance: ca. 1450-ca. 1790, two books, Volume 6: The Modern Period: Circa 1790-Present, three books, Volume 7, book 1: Index of Titles: Ca. 2000 ante Christum-ca. 1990 post Christum, Volume 7, book 2: Index of Authors: Ca. 2000 ante Christum-ca. 1990 post Christum, Edwin Mellen (Lewiston, NY), 1996.

Repertorium siglorum: Acronyms and Abbreviations inPhilology and Related Subjects/sigles et abréviations en études anciennes et dans les sujets connexes, Edwin Mellen (Lewiston, NY), 2002.

Contributor of about fifty articles to scholarly journals.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A Latin-Middle English dictionary based on the unpublished manuscript Medulla Grammatice of the Harley collection in the British Museum Library, London, England.

SIDELIGHTS: Florent A. Tremblay told CA: "Two scholars have particularly influenced my research and my publications. Dr. Robert T. Meyer, my mentor during all my doctoral studies at Catholic University of America, told me about manuscripts and incunabula preserved in the vaults of the British Museum, in London, and in the Archives of the Bibliotheque Nationale, in Paris. He also encouraged me to go into researching the evolution of lexicology and 'grammatical thought.' And the late Dr. Rodrigue LaRue, the editor of the great Clavis Auctorum Graecorum et Latinorum, introduced me to the world of classical bibliography.

"I have visited most of the great libraries of the western world, have looked through books by the thousands, have written short summaries and prepared files by the tens of thousands, have given them a chronological order, computerized them, sorted and rearranged them in a non-stop-type of history before publication. They have become the twenty-five books of my Bibliotheca."