Famous French Microbiologists

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Louis Pasteur

(French Chemist and Microbiologist Who Discovered the Principles of Vaccination, Microbial Fermentation and Pasteurization)

Birthdate: December 27, 1822

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Dole, France

Died: September 28, 1895

Considered one of the founders of bacteriology, Louis Pasteur created vaccines for anthrax and rabies, and invented the process of heating food and wine to kill microbes that cause contamination, which was named pasteurization after him. Known as the “father of microbiology,” he also founded the Pasteur Institute in Paris.

Emmanuelle Charpentier

(Researcher)

Birthdate: December 11, 1968

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Juvisy-sur-Orge, France

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Waldemar Haffkine

(Bacteriologists)

Birthdate: March 15, 1860

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine

Died: October 26, 1930

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René Dubos

(French-American Experimental Pathologist, Microbiologist, Humanist, Environmentalist, and Writer)

Birthdate: February 20, 1901

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France

Died: February 20, 1982

René Dubos was a French-American experimental pathologist, microbiologist, humanist, environmentalist, and writer. He is best remembered for his literary work, So Human An Animal, which earned him the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. René Dubos is credited with popularizing the phrase, Think globally, act locally.

André Lwoff

(French Microbiologist Who Won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1965)

Birthdate: May 8, 1902

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Ainay-le-Château, Allier, Auvergne, France

Died: September 30, 1994

André Lwoff was a French microbiologist best remembered for winning the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his contribution to the understanding of lysogeny. Over the course of his career, André Lwoff was also honored with many other prestigious awards, such as the Leeuwenhoek Medal and the Keilin Medal.

Félix d'Hérelle

(Microbiologist)

Birthdate: April 25, 1873

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Montreal, Canada

Died: February 22, 1949