Pierre Cressé (1632 - 1714)[1] was a 17th-century French physician during the reign of Louis XIV.
He was related to Molière's mother, Marie Cressé (1601-1632).
On 31 July 1671, the King Louis XIV appointed François Cureau de La Chambre as a demonstrator operator of the interior of plants[note 2] of the Botanical Garden (Jardin des Plantes).
Too busy with his duties, François Cureau de La Chambre appointed Pierre Cressé, to read the lectures, while the surgeon Pierre Dionis performed the actual dissections.
[5][6] He engaged in a lively dispute with Guillaume Lamy over anatomical treatises, notably concerning the seat of the human soul.