Michał Jan Borch
Polish naturalist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michał Jan Borch (German: Michael Johann von der Borch, Russian: Михаэль Иоганн фон дер Борх, Latvian: Mihaels fon der Borhs, 20 June 1753 – 28 December [O.S. 16 December] 1810) was a Polish-Livonian naturalist and writer. It is interesting to mention the impact of Polish Count Michał Jan Borch in understanding the nature of truffles. The whitish truffle (Tuber borchii) is named after him.[1]
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