VERREAU, Hospice-Anthelme Jean Baptiste, Canadian educator, born in L'Islet, Quebec, 6 September, 1828. He was educated at the Seminary of Quebec, taught there in 1847-'8, was principal of Sainte Therese college in 1848-'56, and has been principal of Jacques Cartier normal school, Montreal, since 1856. He was ordained a priest in 1851, in 1873 was commissioned by the provincial government to make investigations in Europe regarding Canadian history, and made extensive notes of his travels and researches, which were published in 1875. He was appointed an officer of public instruction by the French government. He has published "Invasion du Canada" (Montreal, 1873), and prefaces and notices of memoirs of the historical society.