René Dujarric de la Rivière

René Dujarric de la Rivière (19 April 1885 – 28 November 1969) was a French microbiologist and hygienist.

He studied medicine in Bordeaux and Lyon, then for several years worked as a medical extern at the Hospitals Necker and Ténon in Paris (1905–10).

[1] In 1918 he demonstrated that influenza was caused by a filterable agent that was in all probability a virus.

[3] In 1927, at the Pasteur Institute, he established a center for the study of blood groups.

[1] In 1930, with Jules Bordet, he founded the Société Internationale de Microbiologie.