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OCR: YOUTH AND EDUCATION Louis St. Laurent, Canada 12th Prime Minister, was born February 1 1882, in Compton, Quebec He was the son ofa French- -speaking father and an English-speaking Irish mother Like Laurier he could trace his Quebec roots back three centuries. St. Laurent was educated at home and attended areligious college to study for the priesthood but his real interest was the law He soon transf ferred to Laval University He was offered Rhodes scholarship when he graduated but turned it down to practice law immediat tely BIOGRAPHY of 4 s12th Lauren religious