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Jean Castilhon

1720 – 1799

French journalist

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Lived 1720 – 1799 (aged 78). Jean Castilhon was a French journalist and writer.

Jean Castilhon (11 September 1720 – 6 January 1799) was an 18th-century French journalist and writer.

Castilhon was one of the editors of the Nécrologe des hommes célèbres de France, from 1761 to 1782, at the Journal encyclopédique, from 1769 to 1793, the Journal de Trévoux, from 1774 to 1778, the Journal de jurisprudence of his brother Jean-Louis Castilhon, also a writer, and creator of the Spectateur français, ou Journal des mœurs in 1776.

Jean Castilhon was elected guardian of the Académie des Jeux floraux in 1751. A member of the Académie des sciences, inscriptions et belles-lettres de Toulouse, he became its permanent secretary in 1784. In 1798, he established a literary society, "Le Lycée de Toulouse", of which he was first president.

Publications 1754: Amusements philosophiques et littéraires de deux amis, with Lancelot Turpin de Crissé. Read online 1769: Histoire de Robert le Diable, duc de Normandie, et de Richard sans Peur, son fils 1770: Histoire de Fortunatus et de ses enfans 1774: Anecdotes chinoises, japonoises, siamoises, tonquinoises, etc., dans lesquelles on s’est attaché principalement aux mœurs, usages, coutumes et religions de ces différents peuples de l’Asie 1775: Histoire de Pierre de Provence et de la Belle Maguelonne 1776: Le Spectateur français, ou Journal des mœurs 1776: Histoire de Jean de Calais, sur de nouveaux mémoires 1781: Précis historique de la vie de Marie-Thérèse, archiduchesse d’Autriche, impératrice douairière, reine de Hongrie et de Bohême 1783: Les Quatre Fils d’Aymon. Histoire héroïque 1783: Histoire de Richard sans Peur, duc de Normandie, fils de Robert le Diable. Pour servir de suite à celle de son père

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Who was Jean Castilhon?

French journalist

When was Jean Castilhon born?

Jean Castilhon was born on 11 September 1720 in Toulouse.

When did Jean Castilhon die?

Jean Castilhon died on 6 January 1799 in Toulouse.

What was Jean Castilhon's occupation?

Jean Castilhon was a journalist and writer.

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Jean Castilhon was French.

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· Wikidata: Q2363786

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