louis+pasteur

LOUIS PASTEUR. louis pastuer was born december 27, 1822 in dole, france. He was the only son of jean pasteur who was a leather tanner. His mother was jeanne pasteur. his wife was marie-laurent and he had 4 daughters and a son, 3 of his daughters died of typhoid fever. He did not get very good grades in school except for art. He went to royal college of benzacon. After college he started to work with germs and micro organisms. He found a way to kill germs in milk. a textile company was having trouble because there silkworms kept dying and he found the cure. he also found the cure for chicken cholera, rabies, and anthrax. perhaps his greatest accomplishment was disproving the theory of spontaneous generation. Something strange about louis is that he believed in God. one of his famous quotes was. "the more i know, the closer i am to my faith". he also made it important to make sure surgeries were more sterile. in 1888 he founded the pasteur intstitute and was named director. on september, 28 1895, he died. **__//BIBLIOGRAPHY- answeringenisis.org, google image, woodrow.org, pasteur place.org//__**