Louis Pasteur - Biography.

Louis Pasteur - Biography. French chemist and biologist Birth December 27, 1822 Death September 28, 1895 Place of Dole, France Birth Known for Founding microbiology Proposing the germ theory of disease, in which diseases arise from naturally existing microorganisms, not from spontaneous generation, the supposed formation of disease-causing organisms from nonliving matter Inventing the process of pasteurization Developing a vaccine for rabies Career 1848 Taught physics at Dijon 1849 Taught physics at the University of Strasbourg 1854-57 Taught chemistry, and was dean of sciences, at the University of Lille 1857-67 Served as director of Scientific Studies at the École Normal Supérieure 1863-68 Taught chemistry, geology, and physics at the École des Beaux-Arts 1888 Became director of the Institut Pasteur in Paris, which was created to further his research Did You Pasteur first tried his experimental rabies vaccine on a nine-year-old boy bitten by a rabid dog. The boy, who would likely have died Know otherwise, survived. Pasteur saved France's silk industry from disaster when he discovered that some silkworms were infected with a disease-causing microorganism, and recommended that those infected be destroyed. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.