Marie Pasteur

Marie Pasteur, née Laurent (15 January 1826 in Clermont-Ferrand, France – 28 September 1910 in Paris), was the scientific assistant and co-worker of her husband, the famous French chemist and bacteriologist Louis Pasteur.

It seems that for years afterward, famous crystallographer, physicist and mathematician Jean Baptiste Biot, Marie Pasteur, and Louis' father, Jean Joseph, cooperated in providing Louis with moral support. For instance, in a letter by Biot to Jean Joseph: "your son is ours also and we share with Marie all our love for him, too". The philosopher Charles Chappuis was also a supporter and friend of Louis.

The Pasteurs had five children, of whom two reached adulthood.