. "Pierre Borel (Latin: Petrus Borellius; c. 1620 \u2013 1671) was a French savant: a chemist (and reputed alchemist), physician, and botanist.He concerned himself with an eclectic range of subjects: optics, ancient history, philology and bibliography. His biographers have tended to deplore his spreading of himself over so many areas."@en . . "1620Z"^^ . "French scholar" . "Borel, Pierre"@en . "1689Z"^^ . . .