Louis Pasteur Biography in English | French Biologist | Famous Scientists

Louis Pasteur He was a chemist and microbiologist. He was born in Dole, France on December 27, 1822. His father's name was Jean-Joseph Pasteur, and mother's name was Jeanette-Ianette Roqui. His father was a tanner, who had served as a sergeant major during the Napoleonic Wars. He had four siblings. He was the third child of his parents. He was a creative young boy, who loved to draw and paint. He was an average student in school, and displayed little interest in academics. After completing his primary education, he joined the Collège Royal de Besancon, in 1839, and he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, in 1840, and Bachelor of Science degree, in 1842. In 1843, he entered the École Normale Supérieure, and received his Master of Science degree. Then acquired an advanced degree, in Physical Sciences. In 1847, he earned his Doctorate in Sciences. In 1848, he was appointed a Professor of Physics, at Dijon Lycee. However, he quit the job, to become a Professor of Chemistry, at the University of Strasbourg the same year. He fell in love, with Marie Laurent, and married her, on May 29, 1849, at the age of 26. The couple had five children, but only two of them survived to adulthood. The other three died of diseases. In 1854, he became the Dean of the new Faculty of Sciences, at Lille University. In 1857, he was selected to be the Director of Scientific Studies, at École Normale Supérieure, where he served till 1867. In 1862, he became a Professor of Geology, Physics, and Chemistry at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He resigned from there, in 1867. He invented a process in which, the beverages were heated to a temperature, between 60 and 100 degrees centigrade, which killed most bacteria already present within them. In 1865, he patented the method, which became known as pasteurization. His first important work in the field of vaccination, came in 1879, while studying a disease, called chicken cholera. In the 19th century, rabies was a much dreaded disease, and Pasteur and his colleagues, began working on a vaccine. They experimented on infected rabbits, and developed a vaccine, that they tested on 50 dogs. But the vaccine was yet to be tested on a human being. In 1885, Pasteur tested the vaccine to a young boy, who was bitten by a rabid dog. In 1887, he established the Pasteur Institute, and served as its Director, for the rest of his life. He got Montagne Prize, the Jecker Prize, the Alhambra Prize, Copley Medal, Leeuwenhoek Medal, Rumford Medal for his tremendous work. In 1883, he became a foreign member, of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He died in Marne-sur-Caquette, France on September 28, 1895, at the age of 72. In the fields of observation, chance favours only the prepared mind. Said, Louis Pasteur.