He was a French chemist and microbiologist. He is best known for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and prevention of diseases. His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever and he cerared the first vaccine for rabies. His experiments supported the germ theory of diseases.
He is best known to general public for inventing the method to stop milk and wine from causing sickness, a method that came to be called Pasteurization.
He is regarded as one of the three main founder of microbiology, together with Ferdinand Cohn and Robert Koch. Pasteur also made many discoveries in the field of Chemistry, most notably the molecular basis for the asymmetry of certain crystals.
Pasteur died on September 28, 1895 in Paris. His body lies beneath Institute Paris in a spectacular vault covered in depictions of his accomplishments in Byzantine mosaics.
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