Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur (, French: [lwi pastœʁ]; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the last of which was named after him. His research in chemistry led to remarkable breakthroughs in the understanding of the causes and preventions of diseases, which laid down the foundations of hygiene, public health and much of modern medicine. Pasteur's works are credited with saving millions of lives through the developments of vaccines for rabies and anthrax. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Pasteur has received more than 7,492,290 page views. His biography is available in 149 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 144 in 2019). Louis Pasteur is the most popular chemist, the 6th most popular biography from France (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular French Chemist.

Louis Pasteur is most famous for his work in the field of microbiology. He is credited with discovering the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization.