Louis Thuillier (4 May 1856 – 19 September 1883) was a Frenchbiologist fromAmiens. He studiedbiology andphysics in Amiens andParis, and in 1880 went to work as an assistant in the laboratory ofLouis Pasteur.

With Pasteur and his colleagues, Thuillier was instrumental in developingvaccinations againstrabies,swine fever andanthrax. In 1882-83 Thuillier was sent throughoutGermany andAustria-Hungary, conducting a series of vaccinations of sheep and cattle against anthrax. On these trips he did further research of the disease, and conducted an ongoing correspondence of letters with Pasteur. These letters mention the successes and disappointments Thuillier had with the vaccine, and have been translated into English as "Correspondence of Pasteur and Thuillier, Concerning Anthrax and Swine Fever Vaccinations".

In 1883 he was sent on a mission toAlexandria withPierre Paul Émile Roux (1853-1933) andEdmond Nocard (1850-1903) to study anepidemic ofcholera. Thuillier contracted the disease and died on September 19, 1883, at the age of 27.

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