"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world."
– Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur - French Chemist, Pharmacist and Microbiologist - Photograph by Felix Nadar
Born
December 27, 1822
Dole, France
Died
September 28, 1895 (aged 72)
Marnes-la-Coquette, France
Education
Known For
Anthrax vaccine
Cholera vaccine
Rabies vaccine
Chirality
Dextran
Fermentation theory
Galactose
Germ theory of disease
Kinetic resolution
Koch–Pasteur rivalry
Liebig–Pasteur dispute
Pasteurization
Pasteur effect
Pasteur pipette
Pasteur–Chamberland filter
Racemic acid
Spontaneous generation
Swan neck flask
Stereochemistry
Zymology
Spouse
Marie Laurent (m. 1849)
Children
5
Awards
Legion of Honor Grand Cross (1881)
Rumford Medal (1856)
Copley Medal (1874)
Albert Medal (1882)
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (1883)
Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1889)
Leeuwenhoek Medal (1895)
Scientific Career Fields
Institutions
Notable Student
Signature
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- Aristotle
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