The phrase "academic person" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to a person who is involved in academia or the academic world, such as a professor, researcher, or student. Example: The conference was attended by many distinguished academic persons from various universities around the world.
I'm quite an academic person.
"My dad was the least academic person I've met in my whole life," he says.
"Obviously, I'm a fairly academic person, and my work is not trendy in any way".
We should value the work of a craftsman carpenter at the same level as we value the work of an academic person.
Her story probably stood out to me the most, because it was the closest to mine – although I'm perceived to be quite an academic person, I don't enjoy it.
These are all things that, for an academic person, were shocking.
The target group was classified into three groups, namely the community committee, committee of sub-district and academic persons.
If you're dealing with a non-academic person (somebody who is good at sports, modeling, crafts, etc. but isn't too strong with reading, writing) then don't use complex diction, because they will think you're trying to make them feel stupid when they aren't.
If the interior renderings are any indication, the micro-units are designed to appeal most to young professionals, perhaps to a young academic: a person who requires lots of bookshelves for scholarly tomes and hosts the occasional dinner party.
Dossiers containing photocopies detailing these indiscretions were also sent to various Oxford academics, by persons unknown; Walcott withdrew his candidacy and she continued her campaign opposed only by a much less well-known poet, Krishna Mehrota.
She herself became, once she returned to England, a sort of displaced person, academic but not quickly assimilated by academe.
