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Pierre Paul Émile Roux
1853Dec, 17

Pierre Paul Émile Roux

Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician and immunologist, co-founded the Pasteur Institute (d. 1933)
Pierre Paul Émile Roux FRS (17 December 1853 – 3 November 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist. Roux was one of the closest collaborators of Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), a co-founder of the Pasteur Institute, and responsible for the institute's production of the anti-diphtheria serum, the first effective therapy for this disease. Additionally, he investigated cholera, chicken-cholera, rabies, and tuberculosis. Roux is regarded as a founder of the field of immunology.

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    Twelve Years a Slave

    After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
  • 19Jan

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  • 14Jul

    Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations

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  • 4Oct

    Crimean War

    The Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
  • 30Nov

    Battle of Sinop

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