Lifetime history of LOUIS PASTEUR- a must for everyone
- BORN: December 27 1822
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Dole, France
- DEATH: September 28 1895
- PLACE OF DEATH: Marnes-la-coquette, France
- AGE: 72
- NATIONALITY: French
- PROFESSION: Biologist, microbiologist and chemist.
CONTRIBUTION
- Vaccination
- Microbial Fermentation
- Dasteurization
AWARD
- RUMFORD MEDAL(1856)
- ForMemRS(1869)
- COPLEY MEDAL(1874)
- ALBERT MEDAL(1882)
- LEEUWENHOEK MEDAL(1895)
- ORDER OF MEDIIDIE
RESEARCH
- MOLECULAR ASYMMETRY
- FERMENTATION AND GERM THEORY OF DISEASES
- SPONTANEOUS GENERATION
- IMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINATION
- Chicken cholera
- Anthrax
- Swime erysipelas
- Rabies
FACT ABOUT LOUIS PASTEUR
- He created the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax.
- He is best known for invention of PASTEURIZATION(techniques of treating milk and wine to stop bacteria contamination)
- He is regarded as one of the three main founder of BACTERIOLOGY, together with FERDINAND COHN and ROBERT KOCH father of microbiology.
- He failed Hus first examination in 1841. He managed to pass the baccalaureate scientifique(general science) degree in 1842 from Dijon but with a mediocre grade in Chemistry.