LANGUEDOC, George Francois Errol de Guerry (1856-1924), born in Montreal on 11 November 1856, was educated there and graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in 1878. He trained as an engineer and commenced practice in May 1887. The following year he formed a partnership with Joseph Haynes, but their business relationship was shortlived, and dissolved in 1890. Languedoc registered with the Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects, and remained a member until 1894. His later career was devoted to engineering works such as canals and lift locks. He joined the engineering division of the Dept. of Public Works in Ottawa in 1905 and remained there until his retirement in April 1924. He died in Ottawa on 27 September 1924 (obit. Ottawa Citizen, 29 September 1924, 4; obit. C.R., xxxviii, 8 Oct. 1924, 1015; biog. and port. W. Cochrane, Canadian Album - Men of Canada, ii, 1893, 321; biog. NAC, MG28 I 277, Vol. 8, Canadian Inst. Of Civil Engineers Application, dated 19 March 1887). A photographic portrait of Languedoc can be found in the Notman Collection, Montreal, Item 100 085.
LANGUEDOC & HAYNES
ECOLE CHAMPLAIN, Fullum Street, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
G. LANGUEDOC
LAVAL STREET, large residence for Eugene W. Villeneuve, 1892 (C.R., iii, 7 May 1892, 2)
COMPETITIONS
MONTREAL, QUE., Laval University, St. Denis Street at Ste. Catherine Street, 1893. George F.E. Languedoc was one of three architects who submitted a design for this major educational complex (Montreal Daily Star, 10 June 1893, 10). The winners were Perrault, Mesnard & Venne of Montreal.