Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet
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Portrait after Charles André van Loo.
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.[1] He was elected the fourth occupant of Académie française seat 31.
Olivet's father was a counselor in the Parlement of Dole.[2]
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.[1]
He co-founded the Academy of Besançon.[2]
