André-Romain Prévot (born in

Douai Douai ( , , ; ; ; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord département in northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the river Scarpe (rive ...

, Nord on 22 July 1894, died in

Clamart Clamart () is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. The town is divided into two parts, separated by a forest: ''bas Clamart'', the historical centre, and ''petit Clamart'' with urban ...

, Hauts-de-Seine on 21 November 1982) was a French bacteriologist. He authored a classification of bacteria,André Romain Prévot on www.larousse.fr
(French) gave his name to a genus of Gram-negative bacteria, prevotella, and created in 1978 the ''médaille Pasteur'' of ''Académie des Sciences'' of France. In 1914 as the war started, he was assigned as an auxiliary physician in ''Infanterie''; he knew the life in the trenches, the murderous battles of the ''Chemin des Dames'', and the hell of ''Verdun'' where his heroic conduct earned him the ''Croix de Guerre''. This constant communion with suffering and death influenced his taste and directed him toward the medicine to which he devoted himself. After the armistice, he was released and evacuated to Denmark, where the exchange of medical prisoners took place. It was there that he met a medical student, Anna Sorensen, whom he married in 1919. They stayed together all their lives and had four children. He was elected member of ''Académie'' ''des Sciences'' on 28 January 1963, member of IVe ''Section de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine'' in 1966, ''Officier de la Légion d'Honneur,'' and ''Grand Officier du Mérite National''.

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French bacteriologists 1894 births 1982 deaths {{France-biologist-stub