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 The ''Journal de Trévoux'', formally the ''Mémoires pour l'Histoire des Sciences & des beaux-Arts'', but often called the ''Mémoires de Trévoux'', was an influential academic journal that appeared monthly in France between January 1701 and Dec ...

'', 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 The Consistori del Gay Saber (; "Consistory of the Gay Science") was a poetic academy founded at Toulouse in 1323 to revive and perpetuate the lyric poetry of the troubadours. Also known as the Acadèmia dels Jòcs Florals or Académie des Jeux ...

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
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*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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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. 117). *

Axel Duboul Henri Théodore Axel Duboul (18 March 1842 – 10 July 1902) was a French diplomat, man of letters, and historian whose specialty was the history of Toulouse. Duboul was in born in Toulouse and served as the French consul at Galați in Romania be ...

, ''Les Deux Siècles de l’Académie des Jeux floraux'', vol. 2, Édouard Privat, Toulouse, 1901, (p. 226–229). {{DEFAULTSORT:Castilhon, Jean 18th-century French male writers 18th-century French journalists Writers from Toulouse 1720 births 1799 deaths