François Charles Archile Jeanneret languages at Upper Canada College from 1912 to 1913, and joined the staff of the University of Toronto's University College in 1913. From 1926 to 1941, he directed the Ontario Ministry of Education's oral French course for teachers at Quebec City and was honored by Laval University. He was named an Officer d'Academie in 1940 by France, and was later awarded a medal from the French government in 1959 and the Pierre Chauveau Medal from the Royal Society of Canada. When he returned to the University of Toronto, Jeanneret took on several positions, including chairman of the university's School of
Gris Grimly on his back and 80 percent of his skin. He recounted that he "grew up feeling kind of like a monster" and that attracted him to the Frankenstein story. Gris Grimly Gris Grimly is the pen name of Steve Soenksen, an artist and storyteller from the Los Angeles area who is best known for his darkly whimsical children's books. Born in West Point, Nebraska, Grimly was drawn to the exciting and scary world of monsters and goblins. He was heavily inspired by classic horror films, comics, fine art, and writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Gorey, and H.P. Lovecraft.