Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes ProCon History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
Albert Calmette
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Albert Calmette.
Related Questions
Read Next
Macro image of pollen-covered bee on purple crocus. (flowers, stamen, pollination, insects, nature)
5 Fast Facts About Flower Anatomy
Asa Gray, 19th-century lithograph.
Asa Gray: The Father of American Botany
Sydney Opera House, Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
Why New York Is Called "The Big Apple" and How 8 Other Famous Cities Got Their Nicknames
Flower bingo
Britannica’s Flower Bingo
Palm House conservatory of Kew Gardens, London, England. (formal garden, glass house, greenhouse)
How Botanical Gardens Save Plants with Science
Discover
Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)
8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
Baseball laying in the grass. Homepage blog 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society, sports and games athletics
10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time
Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that
America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)
Iraqi Army Soldiers from the 9th Mechanized Division learning to operate and maintain M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks at Besmaya Combat Training Center, Baghdad, Iraq, 2011. Military training. Iraq war. U.S. Army
8 Deadliest Wars of the 21st Century
A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000
14 Tough Questions Answered
Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides
Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?

Albert Calmette: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Albert-Calmette
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Albert Léon Charles Calmette
Born July 12, 1863 • Nice • France
Died October 29, 1933 (aged 70) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study BCG vaccine • laboratory diagnosis • tuberculosis

Photos

Albert Calmette.
See All Images →
Robert Koch.
Robert Koch
German bacteriologist
René Dubos
American microbiologist
Yersin, Alexandre
Alexandre Yersin
French bacteriologist
Nicolle, Charles-Jules-Henri
Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle
French bacteriologist
Jean Antoine Villemin
French physician
Camille Guérin
French biologist
Émile Roux
Émile Roux
French bacteriologist
Fernand-Isidore Widal
French physician and bacteriologist
David Bruce
British physician
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
Scottish bacteriologist
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch scientist
Walter Reed
Walter Reed
American pathologist and bacteriologist
Ferdinand Cohn
Ferdinand Cohn
German botanist
Paul Farmer
American anthropologist and epidemiologist
Oswald Avery.
Oswald Avery
American bacteriologist
Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge
American social reformer
Kitasato Shibasaburo, c. 1928.
Kitasato Shibasaburo
Japanese physician and bacteriologist
Alice Evans
American scientist
Eugene Lindsay Opie
American pathologist
Bordet, Jules
Jules Bordet
Belgian bacteriologist