Jacques-François de Villiers explained

Jacques-François de Villiers (1727–1794) was a French physician and translator.

Villiers practised as a doctor in the camps of the royal army during the Seven Years' War. He was later appointed docteur-régent of the faculty of medicine at the University of Paris and also worked at the Royal Veterinary School.

He wrote ten articles for Diderot and D'Alembert's famous Encyclopédie, including the longest article of the work, "Forneau (Chimie philosophique)" ("Furnace (Chemical philosophy"). He also contributed to the Journal de médecine and was the translator of numerous medical works from Latin and from English.[1]

Publications

Translations from English

Translations from Latin

References

  1. http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rde_0769-0886_1990_num_8_1_1057 Kafker, Frank A.: Notices sur les auteurs des 17 volumes de « discours » de l'Encyclopédie (suite et fin). Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Année (1990) Volume 8 Numéro 8 p. 119