Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé (French pronunciation: [filip ʒozɛf obɛʁ də ɡaspe]; 30 October 1786 – 29 January 1871) was a Canadian lawyer, writer, and seigneur.

When released he retired to his ancestral home at Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec on the St. Lawrence,[5] where he spent thirty years in study.

The author interwove events of his own chequered life with the tragic tale of the struggles and the fall of New France and the change of regime, the eyewitnesses of which he had known personally.

[5] In 1866, Aubert de Gaspé published his Mémoires, which continue and amplify the historical notes contained in his other works.

The author's standing and experience, the latter embracing directly or indirectly the space of a century dating from the Conquest, made him an authentic chronicler of an obscure yet eventful period of history.