Joseph Castello (or Joseph Castilho) (born ca. 1746 in Livorno,

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) was an Italian Jewish

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, and son of Rabbi

Abraham Isaac Castello Abraham Isaac Castello (1726 – August 1, 1789) was a rabbi, preacher, and poet. At the age of thirteen he arrived, poor and destitute, in Livorno, where, although he had previously intended to become a mechanic, his agreeable voice induced ...

. After studying medicine at

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, he returned to his native city, where he soon acquired a reputation as a physician. A medical work written by Castello and dedicated to the archduke (afterward Emperor Leopold II), did not appear until after his death, which occurred while he was still in the prime of manhood. Castello's brother Samuel was an eminent physician at Leghorn, and his son Abraham Isaac was a lawyer and poet in the same city.

Bibliography

*Piperno, A.B., ''Qol 'Ugab'', Leghorn, 1846 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Castello, Joseph 1740s births 18th-century Italian physicians 18th-century Jewish physicians Livornese Jews Year of death missing Grand Duchy of Tuscany people