About Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet
Lived 1682 – 1768 (aged 86). Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet was a French linguist, translator and writer.
Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet, Abbot of Olivet (1 April 1682, Salins-les-Bains – 8 October 1768, Paris) was a French abbot, writer, grammarian and translator. He was elected the fourth occupant of Académie française seat 31.
Life Olivet's father was a counselor in the Parlement of Dole.
Olivet joined the Jesuits and studied at the Jesuit colleges of Rheims, Dijon, and Paris, writing poetry and Latin prose, before leaving the Jesuits in 1713.
He co-founded the Academy of Besançon.
Publications His publications include; Translation of Cicero (1740-1742, 9 vols. 4to) Histoire de l'Academie Franqaise (1729, 2 vols. 4to; 1730, 2 vols. 12mo)
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French abbot and writer (1682-1768)
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Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet was born on 1 April 1682 in Salins-les-Bains.
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Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet died on 8 October 1768 in Paris.
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Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet was a linguist, translator and writer.
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