Jacques-François de Villiers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacques-François de Villiers

French writer

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1727

Place of Birth: Saint-Maixent, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1794

Profession: physician, translator, Encyclopédistes, linguist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jacques-François de Villiers (1727–1794) was a French physician and translator. Villiers practised as a doctor in the camps of the royal army during the Seven Years' War.
He was later appointed docteur-régent of the faculty of medicine at the University of Paris and also worked at the Royal Veterinary School. He wrote ten articles for Diderot and D'Alembert's famous Encyclopédie, including the longest article of the work, "Forneau (Chimie philosophique)" ("Furnace (Chemical philosophy").
He also contributed to the Journal de médecine and was the translator of numerous medical works from Latin and from English.