Guillaume-François Berthier

Guillaume-François Berthier (Issoudun, 1704 – Bourges, 1782) was a Jesuit professor and writer, tutor of the French Dauphin's sons, and librarian of the court library.[1]

Berthier was one of the authors of the multi-volume Histoire de l'église Gallicane. In 1745 he was appointed editor of the influential Jesuit periodical the Journal de Trévoux, holding the post until 1762 and doing much to expand the circulation. The Jesuits were banished from France in 1762, and Berthier promptly resigned.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia Article
  2. ↑ Censer, Jack Richard (1994-10-19). The French Press in the Age of Enlightenment. Routledge. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-415-09730-7. Retrieved 2012-07-03.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.