Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) was a celebrated French chemist 

 and biologist. 



After filling various academic positions. Pasteur was appointed 

 Professor of Chemistry at the Sorbonne. in Paris, in 1867 



Pasteur is especially famous for his researches in bacteria. In 

 1884 he discovered a method of curing or preventing hydrophobia 

 by inoculating with the poisonous virus in an attenuated form. 



In 1874 the French government gave Pasteur a pension of 

 twenty thousand francs, which they increased the following year, 

 in consideration of his services in science and industry. 



