Jean-Louis Castilhon (1721,

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– 24 August 1798,

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) was an 18th-century French man of letters and

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. The brother of journalist and writer

Jean Castilhon 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' ...

, Jean-Louis Castilhon was a prolific author who contributed to a large number of

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, including the ''Journal de jurisprudence'' of which he was the director. He married Philippine Lembert in Bouillon on October 3, 1766. He gave the '' Supplément à l'Encyclopédie'' about 400 articles devoted to history.

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(selection) *1766: ''Essai sur les erreurs et les superstitions modernes'', Francfort, Knoë et EslingerRead online
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*1767: ''Almanach philosophique'' *1769: ''Histoire des dogmes et opinions philosophiques'' *1769: ''Considérations sur les causes physiques et morales de la diversité du génie, des mœurs des nations'', 3 vol., etc. *1770: ''Essai de philosophie morale'' *1770: ''Le Diogène moderne, ou le Désapprobateur, tiré en partie des manuscrits de sir Charles Wolban, et de sa correspondance avec sir George Bedfort, sir Olivier Stewert, etc., sur différens sujets de littérature, de morale et de philosophie'', Bouillon, Société typographique *1770: ''Le Mendiant boîteux, ou Les aventures d’Ambroise Gwinett, balayeur du pavé de Spring-Garden'', Bouillon, Société typographique *1771: ''Candide anglois, ou Avantures tragi-comiques d’Ambroise Gwinett avant et dans ses voyages aux deux Indes'', Francfort et Leipzig, aux dépens de la Compagnie *1773: ''Zingha, reine d’Angola'', Bourges, Ganymède

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Ferdinand Hoefer Jean Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer (German: ''Ferdinand Höfer'', 21 April 1811, Döschnitz – 4 May 1878) was a German-French physician and lexicographer. He is now known for his many works on the history of science. Selected works *''Élément ...

, ''Nouvelle Biographie générale'', t. 9, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1854, (p. 118). * Bouillon, registres paroissiaux des mariages et des sépultures de 1763 à 1795.

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