What is Jacques Marquette?
{{Infobox person | name = Jacques Marquette | image = Pere Marquette close-up.jpg | caption = 1869 portrait of Marquette | birth_date = {{birth date|1637|6|1}} | birth_place = [[Laon, France|Laon]], [[Kingdom of France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1675|5|18|1637|6|1}} | death_place = near [[Ludington, Michigan]] | other_names = Pere Marquette}} Father '''Jacques Marquette''' S.J. (June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9051070/Jacques-Marquette|title=Jacques Marquette|work=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> sometimes known as '''Père Marquette''' or '''James Marquette''',<ref>[[s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Archdiocese of Chicago|Catholic Encyclopedia (1913): Archdiocese of Chicago]], Retrieved February 23, 2012</ref> was a [[French people|French]] [[Jesuit]] [[missionary]]. He founded [[Michigan]]'s first European settlement, [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]], and later founded [[St. Ignace, Michigan]]. In 1673 Father Marquette and [[Louis Jolliet]] were the first [[Europe]]ans to explore and map the northern portion of the [[Mississippi River]] Valley. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Marquette, Jacques}} [[Category:1637 births]] [[Category:1675 deaths]] [[Category:French explorers]] [[Category:French Roman Catholic priests]] [[Category:Jesuit missionaries]] {{bio-stub}}