Pierre Pomet ( – ) was a French pharmacist.
Biography
He was born in Paris. After learning, he travelled in Italia, Germany, Great Britain and Netherlands where he collected specimens, recipes, and knowledge. He came back in Paris and opened a drug shop.
He quickly established himself as a successful pharmacist and taught to explain the manufacturing of his products. He became the chief druggist to
Louis XIV
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and purveyor of medicinal remedies from distant lands, including sugar and coffee.
He regularly published an index of the simple and compound drugs of his rich collection and the description of his
cabinet of curiosities
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.
In
1694
Events
January–March
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, he published the ''Histoire générale des drogues'' (''General History of Drugs'') with about 400 engraved images. His text was translated into German and English in 1712 and widely circulated.
He died in Paris in 1699.
In 1776, botanists J.R. Forst. & G. Forst published ''
Pometia'', a
genus
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of 2 species of
rainforest
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trees from Asia, belonging to the plant family
Sapindaceae
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The ...
. It was named in Pierre Pomet's honour.
Works
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References
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1658 births
1699 deaths
Health professionals from Paris
French pharmacists