Jean Castilhon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Castilhon

French journalist

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1720

Place of Birth: Toulouse, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 06-Jan-1799

Profession: journalist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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.