Guillaume_Barthez_de_Marmorières
Guillaume Barthez de Marmorières (2 March 1707 – 11 January 1799) was a French civil engineer.
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Guillaume Barthez de Marmorières | |
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Guillaume Barthez | |
Born | (1707-03-02)2 March 1707 Narbonne (France) |
Died | 17 January 1799(1799-01-17) (aged 91) Narbonne (France) |
Citizenship | France |
Known for | Two entries in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert. |
Children | Paul Joseph Barthez |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Civil engineer |
Institutions | Province of Languedoc |
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Son of an architect, he was born in Narbonne in southern France. He became a civil engineer for the province of Languedoc. He was elected to the Académie des sciences et lettres de Montpellier (fr), gained a wide reputation through either his writings or the works he supervised.
He was called upon to edit or contribute two entries in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert.[1]
He was made a hereditary nobleman de Marmorières in 1780 by letters patent of Louis XVI.[2]
He was the father of Paul Joseph Barthez physician, physiologist and encyclopedist who developed the biological theory known as vitalism.
He died in Narbonne in 1799 at the age of 91.
- Essai sur divers avantages que l'on pourrait retirer de la côte de Languedoc relativement à la navigation et à l'agriculture. De l'imprimerie d'Yverdon. 1769.
- Mémoires d’agriculture et de mécanique, avec les moyens de remédier aux abus du jaugeage des vaisseaux dans tous les ports du roi, Paris, 1763, in-8°
- Traité des moyens de rendre la côte de la province de Languedoc plus florissante que jamais. De l'Imprimerie de Jean Martel ainé imprimeur ordinaire du roi & de noffeigneurs des Etats-Généranx de la province de Languedoc. 1786. pp. 5–.
- Nouveaux essais sur la noblesse. Société Typographique. 1781.
French Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- Jacques Attali (24 October 2012). Diderot: ou le bonheur de penser. Fayard. pp. 86–. ISBN 978-2-213-66920-5.
- Dulieu, Louis (1971). "Paul-Joseph Barthez". Revue d'histoire des sciences. 24 (2): 149–176. doi:10.3406/rhs.1971.3197. ISSN 0151-4105.