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Louis Pasteur

French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)

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Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist who lived from 1822 to 1895 and made groundbreaking discoveries about how germs cause disease and spoil food. His work laid the foundation for modern germ theory and led to practical advances like vaccination and food preservation methods that have saved countless lives.

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“I am on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner.”
“Dans les champs de l'observation le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés.”
“There does not exist a category of science to which one can give the name applied science. There are sciences and the applications of science, bound together as the fruit of the tree which bears it.”
“L' univers est dissymetrique...”
“I beseech you to take interest in these sacred domains so expressively called laboratories. Ask that there be more and that they be adorned for these are the temples of the future, wealth and well-being. It is here that humanity will grow, strengthen and improve. Here, humanity will learn to read progress and individual harmony in the works of nature, while humanity's own works are all too often those of barbarism, fanaticism and destruction.”
“Posterity will one day laugh at the foolishness of modern materialistic philosophers. The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. I pray while I am engaged at my work in the laboratory.”

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Commons category: Louis Pasteur
date of birth: 1822-12-27
date of death: 1895-09-28
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name in native language: Louis Pasteur

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Die in der Atmosphäre vorhandenen organisirten Körperchen : Prüfung der Lehre von der Urzeugung ; Abhandlung

Études sur la bière, ses maladies, causes qui les provoquent, procédé pour la rendre inaltérable : avec une théorie nouvelle de la fermentation

Die Alkohol-Gaehrung

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Louis Pasteur (/ˈluːi pæˈstɜːr/, French: [lwi pastœʁ] ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist, pharmacist, and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the last of which was named after him. His research in chemistry led to remarkable breakthroughs in the understanding of the causes and preventions of diseases, which laid down the foundations of hygiene, public health and much of modern medicine. Pasteur's works are credited with saving millions of lives through the developments of vaccines for rabies and anthrax. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern bacteriology and has been honored as the "father of bacteriology" and the "father of microbiology" (together with Robert Koch; the latter epithet also attributed to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek).

Pasteur was responsible for disproving the doctrine of spontaneous generation. Under the auspices of the French Academy of Sciences, his experiment demonstrated that in sterilized and sealed flasks, nothing ever developed; conversely, in sterilized but open flasks, microorganisms could grow. For this experiment, the academy awarded him the Alhumbert Prize carrying 2,500 francs in 1862.