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Jean-Pierre de Bougainville
Jean-Pierre
de
Bougainville
was a
French writer
and the
elder
brother
of the
explorer
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
. He was
elected
to the
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
in
1746
and he became
Permanent Secretary
in
1754
, the same year he
rose
to the
Académie française
.