| Authorised form of name | Castel; Louis-Bertrand (1688 - 1757) |
| Dates | 1688 - 1757 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Montpellier, France |
| Date of birth | 11 November 1688 |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
| Date of death | 11 January 1757 |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Roman Catholic |
| Research field | Physics |
| Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
Jesuit School at Toulouse
Career:
Entered the Society of Jesus (1703); Associate Editor of the Journal de Trevoux; Professor of Physics and Mathematics, College Louis le Grand; friend of Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (FRS 1730) friend of JT Woolhouse (FRS 1721); tutor to Montesquieu's son; the leading anti-Newtonian, he considered reasoning more important than experiment in science
Memberships:
Academie de Bordeaux; Academie de Rouen; Societe Royale de Lyon
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 23/04/1730 |
| Relationships | Son of Andre Guillaume Castel, Surgeon of Montpellier |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB; DBF
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 15 November 1688. Proposed by James Campbell; Charles de Secondat Montesquieu; John Machin |
| Code | NA7370 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/C2/77 | Letter, from Castel to [Thomas George] Woolhouse | 1728 |