Pierre Pomet

After learning, he travelled in Italia, Germany, Great Britain and Netherlands where he collected specimens, recipes, and knowledge.

He became the chief druggist to Louis XIV and purveyor of medicinal remedies from distant lands, including sugar and coffee.

[3] He regularly published an index of the simple and compound drugs of his rich collection and the description of his cabinet of curiosities.

In 1694, he published the Histoire générale des drogues (General History of Drugs) with about 400 engraved images.

& G. Forst published Pometia, a genus of 2 species of rainforest trees from Asia, belonging to the plant family Sapindaceae.