Louis Pasteur

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academic chemist human microbiologist scientist

Louis Pasteur was a pioneering French chemist and microbiologist whose work on germ theory, vaccination, and pasteurization revolutionized medicine and public health.

Aliases (1)

Pasteur ×2

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → chemist → human → microbiologist → scientist →
academicDegree	doctorate in sciences →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur → Rumford Medal →
burialPlace	Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris → Institut Pasteur crypt, Paris →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
child	Camille Pasteur → Jean-Baptiste Pasteur → Marie-Louise Pasteur →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
dateOfBirth	1822-12-27 →
dateOfDeath	1895-09-28 →
educatedAt	Collège Royal de Besançon → Lycée Saint-Louis → École Normale Supérieure →
employer	French Ministry of Education → Sorbonne → University of Lille → University of Strasbourg → École Normale Supérieure →
ethnicGroup	French →
familyName	Pasteur →
fieldOfWork	chemistry → fermentation → germ theory of disease → immunology → medicine → microbiology → public health →
givenName	Louis →
hasMonument	Tomb in the crypt of the Institut Pasteur →
hasPlaceNamedAfter	Institut Pasteur → Pasteur Institute of Lille → Pasteur Metro station, Paris → Rue Pasteur (various cities) → Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg →
influenced	Joseph Lister → Robert Koch → modern immunology → modern microbiology → public health practices →
languageSpoken	French →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
memberOf	Académie Française → Académie Nationale de Médecine → French Academy of Sciences →
nativeLanguage	French →
notableIdea	attenuated vaccines → microbial fermentation → pasteurization → vaccination against rabies →
notableStudent	Émile Roux →
notableWork	anthrax vaccine → development of germ theory → pasteurization → rabies vaccine → refutation of spontaneous generation → work on fermentation →
placeOfBirth	Dole, Jura, France →
placeOfDeath	Marnes-la-Coquette, France →
positionHeld	dean of the Faculty of Science at Lille → director of scientific studies at École Normale Supérieure → member of the French Academy of Sciences → professor of chemistry →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Arbois, Jura, France → Paris, France →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Marie Pasteur (née Laurent) →
workLocation	Lille, France → Paris, France → Strasbourg, France →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Joseph Lister → Robert Koch →	influencedBy
Louis Pasteur ("Pasteur") →	familyName
Lycée Louis-le-Grand →	hasAlumnus
Académie des Sciences →	hasNotableMember
Collège de France →	hasNotableProfessor
Paris Métro Line 6 ("Pasteur") →	servesStation