Jean Baptiste de La Salle

Japanese: ラ･サール（英語表記）Jean Baptiste de La Salle

1651‐1719
French Catholic priest and educator. Born into a family of a magistrate in Reims, he became a monk in 1678. Following the wishes of Nicolas Roland, who founded the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus in the city for the purpose of educating women, he led the religious order and made every effort to recruit and train teachers. In 1681, he opened a free school for poor children at his home, and in 1684, using this as a base, he established an educational masters' association called the Society of Christian School Masters, investing all his fortune in Christian education.

Robert Cavelier de La Salle

1643‐87
French explorer. Born near Rouen, he initially belonged to the Society of Jesus, but in 1667 he was absolved from his religious orders and traveled to French colonies in North America, where he spent most of his life exploring the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. He carried out his first expedition in 1669, and in 1678 he began full-scale exploration under official orders from King Louis XIV. In 1682 he traveled from the Great Lakes to the Illinois River, then down the Mississippi River, and reached its mouth for the first time. He named the area around the mouth of the river Louisiana after Louis XIV and presented it to the king, but the new colonial governor was hostile to him, and his explorations did not receive due recognition.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1651‐1719
フランスのカトリック司祭，教育者。ランスの司法官の家に生まれ，1678年僧籍に入る。当市に女子教育を目的とする〈聖なる子イエスの修道女会〉を設立したロランNicolas Rolandの遺志に従い，この教団の指導にあたり，教員の募集と養成に力を尽くした。81年に自宅で貧民の児童のための無月謝学校を開設し，84年にはこれを母体として〈キリスト教学校修士会〉なる教育修士会を設立し，全財産を投じてキリスト教主義教育を行った。

ラ･サール【Robert Cavelier de La Salle】

1643‐87
フランスの探検家。ルーアン近郊に生まれ，初めイエズス会に属したが，1667年修道士を免ぜられたため北アメリカのフランス植民地に渡航，以後生涯の大部分を五大湖地域とミシシッピ川の探検に費やした。1669年に第1回の探検を行った彼は，78年以降，国王ルイ14世からの正式の命を受けて本格的な探検に入り，82年，五大湖からイリノイ川を経てミシシッピ川を下り，初めてその河口まで達した。彼は河口一帯をルイ14世にちなんでルイジアナと名づけ国王に献上したが，新しい植民地総督が彼に敵対したため，彼の探検は正当な評価を受けられなかった。

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