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Key facts
- Born
- 12 July 1863, Nice , France
- Died
- 29 October 1933 (1933-10-29) (aged 70), Paris , France
- Known for
- Bacillus Calmette-Guérin , antivenin
- Fields
- Bacteriology
- Institutions
- Pasteur Institute
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Nice
- Place of death
- Paris
- Sibling
- Gaston Calmette
- Occupation
- botanist
- Position held
- president
- Employer
- Pasteur Institute
- Languages spoken
- French
- Doctoral advisor
- Louis Pasteur
- Field of work
- bacteriology
- Image
- Albert Calmette.jpg
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- partner in business or sport
- Camille Guérin
- member of
- Académie des sciences d'outre-mer
- date of birth
- 1863-07-12
- date of death
- 1933-10-29
- Commons category
- Albert Calmette
- birth name
- Léon Charles Albert Calmette
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- name in native language
- Albert Calmette
- archives at
- Defence Historical Service
- P8168
- Pixar Pal-A-Round
- place of burial
- Jouy-en-Josas
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Encyclopedic overview
Léon Charles Albert Calmette ForMemRS ( French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ ʃaʁl albɛʁ kalmɛt]; 12 July 1863 – 29 October 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute. He co-discovered the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis. He also developed the first antivenom for snake venom, the Calmette's serum.
Early career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Albert Calmette” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.