Reception begins at 5:00pm.
Bert Hansen, Ph.D.: Retired Professor of History, Baruch College, City University of New York
For over a century, biographers of the great medical scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) have ignored his passionate and sophisticated love for painting and sculpture and the delight he took in his close friendships with leading artists. New research on this forgotten history enriches our understanding of his personality as well as his manner of working. The sober chemist, who had seemed to be devoted strictly to work and family, took enormous pleasure in the fine arts and used them as well to advance his career. In a colorful slide show, Professor Bert Hansen will explore the artistic threads that persist from Pasteur’s childhood through his landmark scientific and medical discoveries and continue through retirement to his death at age 72.
Waterhouse Room,
Gordon Hall,
Harvard Medical School,
25 Shattuck Street, Boston MA
Free and open to the public.
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