Louis Pasteur, born on December 27, 1822, in Dole, France, was a mathematician, bacteriologist, and physicist who invented the first rabies vaccine, inspired the germ theory of disease and created the pasteurization process. Pasteur also saved the French silk industry, founded the Pasteur Institute, and led to the invention of the field of immunology. Let’s talk about the achievements of one of the greatest chemists the world will ever see.