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 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.
Selected worksedit
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:
Guillaume Barthez de Marmorières
Referencesedit
^Jacques Attali (24 October 2012). Diderot: ou le bonheur de penser. Fayard. pp. 86–. ISBN978-2-213-66920-5.
^Dulieu, Louis (1971). "Paul-Joseph Barthez". Revue d'histoire des sciences. 24 (2): 149–176. doi:10.3406/rhs.1971.3197. ISSN 0151-4105.
January 01, 1970
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