. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1796"^^ . . "1842-01-03"^^ . . "R\u00E9mi Beno\u00EEt"@en . . . . . . . "Acadian nationalist; Convention Nationale des Acadiens; Soci\u00E9t\u00E9 l'Assomption"@en . . "23707012"^^ . "1842"^^ . . . . . "R\u00E9mi Beno\u00EEt (January 3, 1842 \u2013 June 19, 1919) was a man of a number of vocations from D'Escousse, Nova Scotia. Beno\u00EEt, at various times, was a teacher, an office holder, a newspaper editor. He was a French-speaking Acadian who received a great deal of his education in English, resulting in his being fluently bi-lingual. He is important to Canadian history because of his support of the . This support was most evident in his work involving a mutual benefit society. In 1881 he helped organize the and also on three subsequent occasions. This culminated in 1902 with the formation of the , a mutual benefit society. This became the most important Acadian financial institution of the 20th century and Beno\u00EEt served as president, chancellor, and a director."@en . . "R\u00E9mi Beno\u00EEt"@en . . . . . "1919-06-19"^^ . "862128833"^^ . . "R\u00E9mi Beno\u00EEt"@en . "1919"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Teacher, office holder, newspaper editor"@en . . "1919-06-19"^^ . "1842-01-03"^^ . . . . . "Canadian"@en . . . . . . "R\u00E9mi Beno\u00EEt (January 3, 1842 \u2013 June 19, 1919) was a man of a number of vocations from D'Escousse, Nova Scotia. Beno\u00EEt, at various times, was a teacher, an office holder, a newspaper editor. He was a French-speaking Acadian who received a great deal of his education in English, resulting in his being fluently bi-lingual. He is important to Canadian history because of his support of the . This support was most evident in his work involving a mutual benefit society. In 1881 he helped organize the and also on three subsequent occasions. This culminated in 1902 with the formation of the , a mutual benefit society. This became the most important Acadian financial institution of the 20th century and Beno\u00EEt served as president, chancellor, and a director. Beno\u00EEt devoted much energy to Acadian causes and founding an institution that, in an altered form, still exists today."@en .