Tournefort , Joseph Pitton , de , 1656-1708 , French botanist and physician Chirac , Pierre , 1650-1732 , French physician

Pierre Chirac was the most celebrated physician of his day; he obtained his MD at Montpellier in 1683, and by 1687 was Professor of Medicine. He was elected a Member of the Académie des Sciences in 1716, became head of the Jardin du Roi in 1718, and Physician to Louis XV in 1731.