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Portrait of Jules Raulin

  • Circa 1870 (Date of original print)

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Portrait of French chemist and biologist Jules Raulin (1836-1896). Raulin founded the French chemistry school École supérieure de chimie industrielle de Lyon, currently known as École supérieure de chimie, physique, électronique de Lyon. Raulin was one of Louis Pasteur's (1822-1895) first students. Notably, he studied the nutrition of a mucedinous fungus (mold) known as Aspergillus niger while working with Pasteur. He also researhced a silkworm disease in collaboration with Émile Duclaux (1840-1904), Désiré Gernez (1834–1910) and Pasteur.

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  • 3.875 in. H x 2.875 in. W
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  • (Text underneath portrait) "Jules Raulin, Pasteur's first official assistant, did important work on Aspergillus niger. He was on the silkworm disease team with Duclaux, Guernez [Gernez] and Pasteur."
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 1, Folder 21

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“Portrait of Jules Raulin,” circa 1870. Fisher-Pasteur Memorial Collection, Box 1, Folder 21. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/dn39x163d.

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