caption death_date family nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation
bust by jean petit -lrb- sculptor -rrb- 4 december 1694 boisot france july 1638 jean-baptiste boisot - sculpture by jean petit.jpg jean-baptiste boisot
 jean baptiste boisot abbot
jean-baptiste boisot

jean-baptiste boisot -lrb- july 1638 , besançon - 4 december 1694 -rrb- , more commonly known as the french abbot , bibliophile , and scholar notable for leaving his collection of manuscripts -lrb- including the papers of cardinal antoine perrenot de granvelle -rrb- to the benedictine monks of saint-vincent .
he is also known for leaving his library to his birthplace of besançon and for his correspondence with madeleine de scudéry .
