A biography of the great French chemist and chrystallographer, Louis Pasteur, who invented the Pasteurization Process, identified microbes as a cause of infectious disease, and developed the first vaccine against rabies.
"From the lives of men who have marked their passage with a trail of enduring light, let us piously gather, for the benefit of posterity, every detail, down to the slightest words, the slightest acts calculated to reveal the guiding principles of their great souls." -- Louis Pasteur
Contents: * A Studious Boyhood * A Laborious and Enthusiastic Youth * The Spirit of Patriotism * The Curative Poison * Hydrophobia * The Pasteur Institute * The Supreme Homage * Brief Index of the Principal Names Cited
Albert Keim and Louis Lumet, French authors from the turn of the 20th century, collaborated in writing several biographies; including the biographies of Balzac, Beethoven, Dickens, and Pasteur. Most were translated into English from the original French by Frederic Taber Cooper.
Born in Chicago, David Mitchell spent his next ten years in British ruled India. He later went to Oxford University, England, where he captained the University Boxing Club. David has appeared in numerous amateur theatrical productions in the U.K., Chicago, and Detroit. Now retired in Florida, David recently edited and published his father's memoirs as a British civil servant in India, entitled: The Quiet People of India
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