Louis Pasteur Facts
Louis Pasteur Facts
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| Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, France to a poor family. |
| In 1831 he started elementary school in Arbois where he was an average student but a gifted artist. |
| In 1840 he earned a B.A. from the College Royal de Besancon and was appointed the post of teaching assistant. |
| In 1844 he entered the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris and received a B.S. in 1845 and in 1847 he submitted his theses in chemistry and physics. |
| In his most important early work he demonstrated the principle of molecular chirality which has applications in several areas of chemistry. |
| He proved that microorganisms come from other microorganisms and do arise from spontaneous generation. |
| In 1848 he became professor of chemistry at the University of Strasbourg and in 1854 he became dean of the faculty of sciences at Lille University. |
| In 1857 he became the director of scientific studies at the Ecole Normale Superieure and where he instituted a series of reforms to improve the standards. |
| Due to his harsh and autocratic style, two student revolts occurred during his tenure. |
| Pasteur's experiments clearly established the germ theory and he popularized it to most of Europe. |
| He invented a process to heat milk, wine and beer to kill the microbes in them and prevent spoiling. |
| In 1862 the French Academy of Sciences offered the Alhumbert Prize to anyone who could prove or disprove the theory of spontaneous generation. |
| In his most famous experiment, Pasteur proved conclusively that germs could only come from other germs and won the prize and the 2,500 francs. |
| In 1865 the silk industry was in danger since two parasitic diseases were killing the silk worms. |
| Pasteur discovered the microorganism that was infecting the silkworm eggs and that disinfecting the nurseries would stop the disease. |
| In 1870 his experiments proved that a weakened form of disease could cause immunity to subsequent exposure to the causative agents. |
| He produced the first rabies vaccine and in 1885 he used it successfully on a child who had been mauled by a rabid dog. |
| In 1887 he established the Pasteur Institute and was its director until his death. |
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