James Huston | |
Birth Date: | 17 August 1820 |
Birth Place: | Quebec City, Lower Canada |
Death Place: | Quebec City, Lower Canada |
Occupation: | typographer, journalist, and author |
James Huston (August 17, 1820 - September 21, 1854) was a Canadian typographer and journalist. Born in Quebec City, he was also a longtime member and subsequent President of the Institut canadien de Montréal.
Huston is best known as the compiler of Le répertoire national which was a collection of the works of Canadian writers for the previous half century.
He died in Quebec, aged 34.