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[[Image:Louis Pasteur.jpg|thumb|200px|Louis Pasteur]]

[[Image:Louis Pasteur.jpg|thumb|200px|Louis Pasteur]]

'''Louis Pasteur''' (Dec. 27, 1822-Sept. 28, 1895) was a [[France|French]] chemist and microbiologist, perhaps the greatest scientist of all time. He invented the process that keeps milk from going sour, known now as [[pasteurization]]. He also performed experiments that confirmed the [[germ theory of disease]], created the first [[rabies]], [[anthrax]] and chicken cholera vaccines, was a founder of bacteriology and made numerous discoveries in chemistry. Pasteur explained a scientific basis for the process of fermentation, wine-making, and the brewing of beer. "He debunked the widely accepted myth of [[spontaneous generation]], thereby setting the stage for modern biology and [[biochemistry]]." [http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Louis_Pasteur.php]

'''Louis Pasteur''' (Dec. 27, 1822-Sept. 28, 1895) was a [[France|French]] chemist and microbiologist, perhaps the greatest scientist of all time. In Charles Murray's study of excellence in science and the arts, ''Human Accomplishment'', Pasteur is rated the most significant figure in history in the field of medicine.<ref>Murray, Charles, Human Accomplishment, HarperCollins ebook, (2003), location 2553 of 15117.</ref>  He invented the process that keeps milk from going sour, known now as [[pasteurization]]. He also performed experiments that confirmed the [[germ theory of disease]], created the first [[rabies]], [[anthrax]] and chicken cholera vaccines, was a founder of bacteriology and made numerous discoveries in chemistry. Pasteur explained a scientific basis for the process of fermentation, wine-making, and the brewing of beer. "He debunked the widely accepted myth of [[spontaneous generation]], thereby setting the stage for modern biology and [[biochemistry]]." [http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Louis_Pasteur.php]

A devout [[Christian]] who [[prayer|prayed]] in his laboratory, Pasteur was also the Dean of the faculty of sciences at [[Lille]] University. In 1887 he founded the [[Pasteur Institute]], which studies biology at the forefront of the battle against infectious disease.

A devout [[Christian]] who [[prayer|prayed]] in his laboratory, Pasteur was also the Dean of the faculty of sciences at [[Lille]] University. In 1887 he founded the [[Pasteur Institute]], which studies biology at the forefront of the battle against infectious disease.