Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur
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Born	(1822-12-27)December 27, 1822 Dole, France
Died	September 28, 1895(1895-09-28) (aged 72) Marnes-la-Coquette, France
Nationality	French
Fields	biology Microbiology Chemistry
Institutions	University of Strasbourg Lille University of Science and Technology École Normale Supérieure Pasteur Institute
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure University of Paris
Notable students	Charles Friedel
Notable awards	Rumford Medal (1856) ForMemRS (1869) Copley Medal (1874) Albert Medal (1882) Leeuwenhoek Medal (1895) Order of the Medjidie
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Louis Pasteur (/ˈluːi pæˈstɜːr/, French: [lwi pastœʁ]; December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French biologist microbiologist and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and prevention of diseases, and his discoveries have saved countless lives ever since. He reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and created the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax. His medical discoveries provided direct support for the germ theory of disease and its application in clinical medicine. He is best known to the general public for his invention of the technique of treating milk and wine to stop bacterial contamination, a process now called pasteurization. He is regarded as one of the three main founders of bacteriology, together with Ferdinand Cohn and Robert Koch, and is popularly known as the "father of microbiology".