168 HUMAN BIOLOGY 



GREAT BIOLOGISTS 



252. Library studies of biologists. — Select for study one or more 

 of the following men who have made great contributions to our 

 knowledge of biology : Agassiz, Aristotle, Audubon, Darwin, Harvey, 

 Huxley, Jenner, Koch, Lamarck, Leeuwenhoek, Linnaeus, Lister, 

 Pasteur, Spencer, Wallace. Consult Locy's "Biology and its 

 Makers," Williams's "A History of Science," Encyclopedias or 

 other works of reference as to (1) the important events in the life 

 of the biologist, and (2) his contributions to biological science. 



Louis Pasteur ^ (See Frontispiece) 



I. Interesting Features of his Biography. 



1. Parents. 



a. Father (Jean Joseph), a tanner — sergeant major in 

 Napoleon's army — decorated with Legion of Honor. 

 6. Mother (Jeanne Rogui) of middle class family. 



2. Birth, at D61e (in Eastern France), Dec. 27, 1822. 



3. Education. 



a. In colleges near his birthplace (Arbois and Besan9on) 

 — early evidences of remarkable abUity in concentrat- 

 ing his minc^in study. 



6. In colleges at Paris — much influenced by the scientists 

 Dumas and Biot. 



'The ability to prepare logical outlines of library or laboratory 

 studies is of great value to students (1) because in this form the 

 principal facts can be stated more briefly than is possible in con- 

 tinuous paragraphs, and (2) because the various interrelations of 

 the facts may be more clearly shown. In preparing such out- 

 lines the student should first select the most important division 

 topics, all of which should be of equal value and expressed in similar 

 form. Each of the various subordinate topics should be an organic 

 part of the main division topic under which it is placed ; each should 

 be stated in a brief form, and as far as possible words or phrases 

 should be used and verbs, clauses, or sentences avoided. 



The outline on the life and works of Louis Pasteur is inserted 

 (1) because of the importance of Pasteur's work, and (2) as a sug- 

 gestive form for biology records. 



