BORELLI, GIOVANNI ALFONSO Italian physiologist and physicist, was born at Naples. He was appointed professor of mathematics at Messina in 1649 and at Pisa in 1656. In 1667 he returned to Messina, but in 1674 was obliged to retire to Rome, where he lived under the protection of Christina, queen of Sweden, and died on Dec. 31, 1679. His best-known work is De motes animalium (168a-81), in which he sought to explain the movements of the animal body on mechanical principles; he thus ranks as the founder of the iatrophysical school. In a letter, Del movimento della comets apparsa it mese di decembre 1664, published in 1665 under the pseudonym Pier Maria Mutoli, he was the first to suggest the idea of a parabolic path; and among his many astronomical works was Theorica mediceorum planeta rum ex causis physicis deducts (Florence, 1666), in which he considered the influence of attraction on the satellites of Jupiter. BORENIUS, TANCRED ), Finnish art histo rian, was born July 14 1885, at Wiborg, Finland, son of Carl Borenius. He began his studies at the University of Helsingfors and went therefrom to Italy, where he laid the foundations of his profound knowledge of Italian painting. In 1914 he was appointed lecturer on the history of art, and in 1922 professor at University college, London. When Finland became independent, he acted as secretary to the Diplomatic Mission (19'8), notifying the event to Great Britain, France, Belgium, etc., and the next year he was the temporary diplomatic representative of Finland in London. His works include The Painters of Vicenza (1909); a new edition of Crowe and Cavalcaselle, History of Painting in North Italy (1912) ; Catalogue of the Collections of Sir Frederick Cook, vol. i., "Italian Schools" (1913) ; Catalogue of Viscount Lee of Fare ham's Collection (1923) ; Four Early Italian Engravers (1923) ; English Primitives (1924)•