Person Castel; Louis-Bertrand (1688 - 1757) Castel Louis-Bertrand 1688 - 1757 French Male Montpellier, France 11 November 1688 Paris, France 11 January 1757

Toulouse; Paris (1720-1757)

Clergyman, Roman Catholic Physics Mathematics 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 Son of Andre Guillaume Castel, Surgeon of Montpellier Fellow 23/04/1730 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 11 or 15 Nov 1688 - 11 Jan 1757 NA7370 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes b2a44ed3-5add-44ab-84cf-b9b30c0e183f