Person

Pasteur, Louis (1822 - 1895)

Born
27 December 1822
France
Died
28 September 1895
Occupation
Chemist and Microbiologist

Summary

Louis Pasteur is known for his work in stereochemistry and the heat treatment of fluids. He also developed the use of vaccines for the eradication of rabies, anthrax and chicken cholera.

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Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Louis Pasteur - Records, 1887, MS 6530; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Books

  • Dando-collins, Stephen, Pasteur's Gambit: Louis Pasteur, the Australasian Rabbit Plague and a Ten Million Dollar Prize (North Sydney: Vintage Australia, 2008), 337 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Rountree, P. M, 'The Pasteur Institute and Australia' in Louis Pasteur and the Pasteur Institute in Australia, J. Chaussivert and M. Blackman, eds (Sydney: University of New South Wales French-Australian Research Centre, 1988), pp. 9-16. Details
  • Todd, J., 'The Pasteur Institute of Australia: Success and Failure' in Louis Pasteur and the Pasteur Institute in Australia, J. Chaussivert and M. Blackman, eds (Sydney: University of New South Wales French-Australian Research Centre, 1988), pp. 24-40. Details

Edited Books

  • Chaussivert, Jean; and Blackman, Maurice eds, Louis Pasteur and the Pasteur Institute in Australia: papers from a symposium held at the University of New South Wales, 4-5 September 1987, to mark the centenary of the Pasteur Institute (Sydney: University of New South Wales French-Australian Research Centre, 1988), 93 pp. Details

Journal Articles

Resources

Reviews

  • Pasteur's gambit: Louis Pasteur, the Australian rabbit plague and a ten million dollar prize
    Minard, Peter, Historical Records of Australian Science, 21 (1), (2010), 112, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR10005. Details

See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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