Pasteur, Louis (1822-1895)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0117 MS 737 |
Held at | : Royal Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ › |
Full title | : Pasteur, Louis (1822-1895) |
Date(s) | : 1668 |
Level of description | : Sub-fonds |
Extent | : 10 pages |
Name of creator(s) | : Pasteur | Louis | 1822-1895 | French chemist |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Pasteur's research on fermentation and rabies led to his discovery that most infectious diseases are caused by germs, the 'germ theory of disease'. He invented pasteurisation and his work became a key influence on developments in bacteriology and microbiology as well as in gerenal medical practise; The Pasteur Institute was founded in 1887 by Louis Pasteur; Louis Pasteur's grandfather was Jean Henri Pasteur, and his aunt Jeannette Pasteur, were both of Vuillafans, near Besançon. A cousin, Maximien Buchon, was of Salins; Magnan family correspondence includes letters Marie and Louise Pasteur, Jules Raulin, Eugène Magnan, and Mathilde Magnan (afterwards Fournery); Jules Raulin (1836-1896), was Pasteur's first assistant, afterwards Sous-Directeur of Pasteur's Laboratoire de Chimie Physiologique at the Ecole Normale and Professor of Chemistry at Lyons. 1862-84 and n.d; Louis Pasteur's assistant Fernand Boutroux, was the brother of Jeanne Pasteur; Henry Debray (1827-1888) and Eugène Viala were also assistants to Pasteur; Jules Vercel was a school friend of Pasteur's from Arbois.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Clerk's copy of 'Opinions presentees par M. Pasteur, dans la reunion do 16 Mars 1868 au Palais de Tuileries' (Views presented by Louis Pasteur at a reunion at the Palais de Tuileries, 16 March 1668).
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
French
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids:
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2009.
Related Subject Search
* To search for other records with similar subjects, tick any subjects above then click "Run New Search"
Related Personal Name Search
* To search for other records with similar names, tick any names above then click "Run New Search"