Biography

Louis Pasteur was born in Dôle France on December 27th 1822. He was the son of a tanner. His family moved to Arbois where he got an excellent education in the local schools. In 1842 Louis entered the Ecole Narmale Supérieure in Paris where he started to become interested in chemistry. He completed his doctorate in that school in 1847. Louis Pasteur made many contributions to science and was most known for vaccines for infections such as rabies, cholera and anthrax. Pasteur also discovered that bacteria causes diseases. Pasteur died on September 28th 1895.

Louis Pasteur Portrait
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