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Louis Pasteur
(1822-1895)
Who Was Louis Pasteur?
Louis Pasteur discovered that microbes were responsible for souring alcohol and came up with the process of pasteurization, where bacteria are destroyed by heating beverages and then allowing them to cool.
His work in germ theory also led him and his team to create vaccinations for anthrax and rabies.
Early Life
Louis Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822, in Dole, located in the Jura region of France. He grew up in the town of Arbois, and his father, Jean-Joseph Pasteur, was a tanner and a sergeant major decorated with the Legion of Honor during the Napoleonic Wars.
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An average student, Pasteur was skilled at drawing and painting. He earned his bachelor of arts degree (1840) and a bachelor of science degree (1842) at the Royal College of Besançon and a doctorate (1847) from the École Normale in Paris.
Pasteur then spent several years researching and teaching at Dijon Lycée.
In 1848, he became a professor of chemistry at the