The French Academy of Sciences awarded Pasteur the 1859 Montyon Prize for experimental physiology in 1860, and the Jecker Prize in 1861 and the Alhumbert Prize in 1862 for his experimental refutation of spontaneous generation. Also Though he lost elections in 1857 and 1861 for membership to the French Academy of Sciences, he won the 1862 election for membership to the mineralogy section. He was elected to permanent secretary of the physical science section of the academy in 1887 and held the position until 1889.
The French Academy of Sciences awarded Pasteur the 1859 Montyon Prize for experimental physiology in 1860 and the Jecker Prize in 1861 and the Alhumbert Prize in 1862 for hi,s experimental refutation of spontaneous generation Also Though he lost elections in 1857 and 1861 for membership to the French Academy of Sciences, he won the 1862 election for membership to the mineralogy section He was elected to permanent secreta.ry of the physical scie.nce section of the academy in 1887 and held the position until 1889.