Guillaume Barthez de Marmorières | |
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Guillaume Barthez | |
Born |
Narbonne (France) | 2 March 1707
Died | 17 January 1799 Narbonne (France) | (aged 91)
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 |
Guillaume Barthez de Marmorières (2 March 1707 – 11 January 1799) was a French civil engineer.
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.