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WE learn from the Paris correspondent of the Times that the celebrations of the centenary of the birth of Pasteur commenced on May 24 with a reception by the French President at the Elysee. On the following day the principal ceremony was held at the Sorbonne, where a plaque was unveiled which bears an inscription recording the meeting between Pasteur and Lister in the Sorbonne on December 27, 1892. This tribute was arranged by the Association France-Grande Bretagne. A visit was paid by the President and the Minister of Education to Pasteur's birthplace at Dole on May 26. M. and Mme. Vallery-Radot, descendants of Pasteur, have presented a bust of Pasteur, which was unveiled in the Galerie des Glaces at the Palace of Versailles on May 28, and the French President is to unveil the Pasteur monument at Strasbourg on May 31. A kinematograph film tracing the principal events in the life of Pasteur and giving a general idea of his scientific work was exhibited on May 24 to more than 3000 school-children in Paris, and considerable sums in aid of French laboratories have been collected by the sale of Pasteur badges in the streets. A new French fio-centimes postage stamp bearing the effigy of Pasteur engraved by Prud homme has been issued to mark the occasion of the centenary. We hope to publish later an account of the celebrations by one of the British delegates.
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Current Topics and Events. Nature 111, 749–752 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111749c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/111749c0