Louis Pasteur, a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization. Developed vaccines for Rabies, Diphtheria, Anthrax and is credited for disproving the doctrine of spontaneous generation – as advocated by Darwin.
Biographical Overview
Born in France, 1822-1895 Biologist and Chemist Father of Microbiology
Associations
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Académie Nationale de Médecine
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Awards
Rumford Medal, 1856, 1892
Copley Medal, 1874
Albert Medal, 1882
Leeuwenhoek Medal, 1895
Montyon Prizes, 1859
Jecker Prize, 1861
Alhumbert Prize, 1862
Worldview
Using a biblical worldview perspective, Pasteur successfully applied the scientific method to investigate the laws of nature, His worldview is notable from what he said –
“A bit of science distances one from God, but much science nears one to Him… The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator.”
“The more I study nature the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator.”
“Science brings one nearer to God.”
“I pray while I am engaged at my work in the laboratory.”
“Never will the doctrine of spontaneous generation recover from the mortal blow struck by this simple experiment.”
“I see everywhere the inevitable expression of the Infinite in the world; through it the supernatural is at the bottom of every heart.”
“These are the living springs of great thoughts and great actions. Everything grows clear in the reflections from the Infinite.”
“Happy the man who bears within him a divinity, an ideal of beauty and obeys it; an ideal of art, an ideal of science, an ideal of country, and ideal of the virtues of the gospel”
“Microscopic being must come into the world from parents similar to themselves… There is something in the depths of our souls which tells us that the world must be more than a mere combination of events.”
Louis Pasteur
