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Louis Pasteur
By peace | September 27, 2011
Louis Pasteur, Great Scientist (27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895)
Louis Pasteur (27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist born in Dole, into the family of a poor tanner. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases. His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax. His experiments supported the germ theory of disease. He was best known to the general public for inventing a method to stop milk and wine from causing sickness, a process that came to be called pasteurization. He is regarded as one of the three main founders of microbiology, together with Ferdinand Cohn and Robert Koch. Pasteur also made many discoveries in the field of chemistry, most notably the molecular basis for the asymmetry of certain crystals. His body lies beneath the Institute Pasteur in Paris in a spectacular vault covered in depictions of his accomplishments in Byzantine mosaics.
Timelines
1822 Louis Pasteur is born on 27 December, in Dole, France
1827 Pasteur moves with his family to the French town of Arbois
1838 Pasteur goes to school in Paris but returns to Arbois in 6 weeks because he is homesick
1842 Pasteur returns to school in Paris and passes his exams
1843-1846 Pasteur studies and teaches at the Ecole Normale
1848 Jeanne Pasteur, Pasteur’s mother dies
1849 Pasteur moves to Strasbourg in January for a job as professor of chemistry at the university. In May he marries Marie Laurent
1850 Jeanne, the first of Pasteur’s four daughters, is born
1851 Pasteur’s only son, Jean-Baptiste is born
1854 Pasteur begins researching fermentation of beet juice
1857 Pasteur is appointed director of scientific studies at the Ecole Normale, Paris. He starts to study fermentation and spontaneous generation.
1859 Eldest daughter, Jeanne dies of typhoid fever
1865 Pasteur’s father and then youngest daughter, Camille, die
1866 Pasteur’s third daughter, Cecile dies
1868 Pasteur saves the silk-making industry in France after three summers of research
1880 Pasteur produces a vaccine for chicken cholera
1881 Pasteur successfully demonstrates his anthrax vaccine
1885 Pasteur injects a boy, Joseph Meister, with a rabies vaccine and saves his life
1888 Pasteur institute opens in Paris. Pasteur is made director of the institute
1895 Pasteur has a stroke and dies 28 September, aged 72
World Timeline
1796 Eward Jenner gives the first vaccination (against smallpox)
1815 Napoleon’s French army are defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
1830-1848 Louis-Philippe I is king of France
1831 Charles Darwin starts a voyage around the world
1833 Slavery is abolished in Britain
1848 The Californian Gold Rush happens. The revolution in Paris brings an end of the reign of King Louis-Philippe I
1852 Napoleon III becomes emperor of France. Livingstone discovers the Victoria Falls in Africa
1861-1865 The American Civil War happens
1863-1875 Cholera spreads through Europe and Africa
1865 Joseph Lister invents the first antiseptic (Carbolic acid)
1870-1871 The Franco-Prussian War happens. Napoleon III’s rule comes to an end.
1876 Robert Koch discovers the microbe that causes anthrax
1896 The first vaccine for typhoid fever is used.
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