Historedia
Person

Louis Bertrand Castel

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1793

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Louis Bertrand Castel, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Goethe publishes Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours)

    1793

    Role: Predecessor in colour criticism

    1. 1793 · unspecified in sourcesDevelopment of Arguments Against Newton

      Goethe formulated arguments against Newton's optics by 1793, building on Castel's earlier criticisms.

Sources

  1. Theory of Colours Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06