Jean Castilhon

Jean Castilhon , born with Toulouse the September 11th 1720 and died in Toulouse the January 6th 1799, is a Journaliste and French writer.

He was one of the writers of the Nécrologe of the famous men of France , 1761 with 1782, of the encyclopedic Journal , of 1769 with 1793, of the Journal of Trévoux , 1774 with 1778, of the Journal of jurisprudence of his brother Jean-Louis Castilhon, also literary man, and the founder of the French Spectateur, or Newspaper of manners in 1776.

Jean Castilhon was elected maintenor of the Académie of the floral Plays in 1751. Member of, the inscription Academy of Science and humanities of Toulouse, he became the perpetual secretary in about it 1784. In 1798, it founded a literary company, the College of Toulouse, from which he was the first president.

Publications

philosophical and literary Recreations of two friends (1754). With Lancelot Turpin de Crissé. Text in line
History of Robert Devil, duke of Normandy, and Richard without Fear, his son (1769)
History of Fortunatus and its enfans (1770)
Anecdotes Chinese, japonoises, Siamese, tonquinoises, etc, in which one stuck mainly to manners, uses, habits and religions of these various people of Asia (1774)
Histoire of Pierre of Provence and of Beautiful Maguelonne (1775)
the French Spectator, or Newspaper of manners (1776)
Histoire of Jean of Calais, on new reports (1776)
Precise history of the life of Marie-Therese, archduchess of Austria, empress dowager, queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1781)
Four Wire of Aymon. Heroic history (1783)
History of Richard without Fear, duke of Normandy, wire of Robert Devil. To serve of following that of his/her father (1783)

Sources

Jean Chrétien and Ferdinand Hoefer, New general Biography , T. 9, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1854, p. 117.
Axel Duboul, Two Centuries of the Academy of the floral Plays , vol. 2, Edouard Privat, Toulouse, 1901, p. 226-229.

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