Louis Pasteur
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Louis Pasteur was a 19th century (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) French chemist and microbiologist. Pasteur is perhaps best remembered through the process that bears his name, pasteurization.
Pasteur showed, in 1859 [1], that the growth of microbial colonies in nutrient broth is not by spontaneous generation, (published in 1864 [2]) the theory which holds that complex, contemporary life-forms can arise from nonliving matter. Many Creationists mistakenly cite this achievement of Pasteur's as evidence that abiogenesis (the theory which holds that some sort of thing that qualifies as 'life' can arise from nonliving matter) has been refuted. Note that Charles Darwin published Origin of Species in 1859 so Pasteur's work was not likely to have significantly influenced Darwin on this matter.
See also
Pasteur proved life only comes from life (law of biogenesis)
External Links
The Life and Times of Louis Pasteur [3]
