Louis was born with the surname of Carriere. When his family moved from upstate(Peru)New York to eastern Massachusetts Louis changed the name to a less French sounding name. In the late 1890s there was some prejudice against the French and Louis felt he'd have a better chance of obtaining work.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...