Find out more about the greatest 19th Century Microbiologists, including Robert Koch, Louis Pasteur, Selman Waksman, Frank Macfarlane Burnet and Martinus Beijerinck.

Famous 19th Century Microbiologists

Louis PasteurLouis Pasteur
27 December 1822, French
Chemist and Microbiologist
Robert KochRobert Koch
11 December 1843, German
Physician

Selman WaksmanSelman Waksman
22 July 1888, Ukrainian
Discoverer of Streptomycin

Ferdinand CohnFerdinand Cohn
24 January 1828, Polish
Founder of Bacteriology and Microbiology

John Franklin EndersJohn Franklin Enders
10 February 1897, American
The Father of Modern Vaccines

Jules BordetJules Bordet
13 June 1870, Belgian
Microbiologist and Immunologist
Frank Macfarlane BurnetFrank Macfarlane Burnet
03 September 1899, Australian
Virologist & Noble Prize Laureate

Martinus BeijerinckMartinus Beijerinck
16 March 1851
Biologist, Microbiologist, University teacher,