Albert Calmette

Albert Calmette
Albert Calmette in 1930
Born12 July 1863
Died29 October 1933(1933-10-29) (aged 70)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Known forBacillus Calmette-Guérin
antivenin
Scientific career
FieldsBacteriology
InstitutionsPasteur Institute

Léon Charles Albert Calmette ForMemRS[1] (12 July 1863 – 29 October 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute. He discovered the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis. He also developed the first antivenom for snake venom, the Calmette's serum.

  1. ^ C. J. M. (1934). "Leon Charles Albert Calmette, 1863-1933". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1 (3): 315–325. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1934.0015. eISSN 2053-9118. ISSN 1479-571X.