Pierre Paul Émile Roux
French physician
Died when: 79 years 321 days (958 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
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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