Pasteur, Louis (1822 - 1895), French chemist and bacteriologist, engraving
Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist, c1930s. Fleming (1881-1955) discovered the first antibiotic drug, penicillin, in 1928
Yersin, c1893. Artist: Pierre PetitYersin, c1893. Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin (1863-1943), Swiss and naturalized French physician and bacteriologist. He discovered the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague or pest
Calmettes, c1893. Artist: Pierre PetitCalmettes, c1893. Leon Charles Albert Calmette (1863-1933), French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute
Pierre Paul Emile Roux, French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, 1928. Roux (1853-1933) was one of the closest collaborators of Louis Pasteur
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, 17th century Dutch scientist and microscopy pioneer, c1870. Artist: W SteelinkAntoni van Leeuwenhoek, 17th century Dutch scientist and microscopy pioneer, c1870. It was probably as a result of his use of lenses in examining cloth as a drapers apprentice that led to
Inauguration of Louis Pasteurs statue, Paris, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 24th July 1904
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of microscopy, (1813). Artist: J ChapmanAntoni van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of microscopy, (1813). It was probably as a result of his use of lenses in examining cloth as a drapers apprentice that led to Leeuwenhoeks interest in lens
Emil von Behring, German immunologist and bacteriologist, 1902. In 1901 von Behring (1854-1917) was awarded the first Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his development of a serum for
Alexander Fleming Prix Nobel 1945. Nobel prize medal awarded to bacteriologist Alexander Fleming. Fleming is shown in profile, in relief, with French text round the edge
Oswald Theodore Avery, Canadian-born American bacteriologist and molecular biologist. Pictured at work in a laboratory examining a Petri dish of culture
Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), Dutch microscopist, c1810. Artist: John ChapmanAnton van Leewenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch microscopist, c1810. It was probably as a result of his use of lenses in examining cloth as a drapers apprentice that led to Leeuwenhoeks interest in lens
Robert Koch (1843-1910), German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratoryRobert Koch (1843-1910, German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory. In 1890 Koch introduced Tuberculin which he thought a cure for Tuberculosis)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of microscopy, 1723. Artist: Abraham de BloisAnton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of microscopy, c1660. It was probably as a result of his use of lenses in examining cloth as a drapers apprentice that led to Leeuwenhoeks interest in lens
Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915), German bacteriologistPaul Ehrlich (1854-1915) German bacteriologist. Specialist in the fields of Haematology, Chemotherapy and Immunology. Shared Nobel prize for medicine or physiology with Mechnikov in 1908
