Émile Roux

Pierre Paul Émile Roux FRS 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.

17 December 1853

Born on the same birth day (17 December): Alexander Agassiz • Cal Ripken Sr. • Dominic Lawson • Erskine Caldwell • Eugene Levy • Gigi D'Agostino • Jasmine Armfield • Kujō Yoritsugu • Lloyd Perrett • Mansoor al-Jamri • Matt Murley • Naiktha Bains • Sara Dallin • Sergejus Jovaiša • William Safire

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