About Charles Chamberland
Charles Edouard Chamberland (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ʃɑ̃bɛʁlɑ̃]; 12 March 1851 – 2 May 1908) was a French microbiologist from Chilly-le-Vignoble in the department of Jura who worked with Louis Pasteur. Chamberland was present at Pouilly-le-Fort when the efficacy of the anthrax vaccine, which he had made with Emile Roux, was validated. Following this success, Chamberland was put in charge of mass-producing the anthrax vaccine. In 1884 he developed a type of filtration known today as the Chamberland filter or Chamberland-Pasteur filter, a device that made use of an unglazed porcelain bar. The filter had pores that were smaller than bacteria, thus making it possible to pass a solution containing bacteria through the filter, and having the bacteria completely removed from the solution. Chamberland was also credited for starting a research project that led to the invention of the autoclave device in 1879. == Biography == He completed his secondary education at the Lycée Rouget-de-Lisle in Lons-le-Saunier, before entering the Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour in Paris to study special mathematics. In 1871, he was admitted to the entrance examinations for the École polytechnique and the École normale supérieure. In the end, he opted for the École normale. In 1874, he passed the agrégation in physics and taught for a year at the Lycée de Nîmes.
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