Julius Richard Petri’s 160th birthday celebrated with a Google doodle

Karachi: Google is celebrating the 160 birthday of Julius Richard Petri, Julius Richard Petri was a scientist and the inventor of Petri Dish,

The doodle features six colourful Petri dishes laid out in a row. A gloved hand appears when you click on the yellow dish. It stirs the dishes and in a little while, the microbes start to grow and spell out the Google letters. 

Petri first studied medicine at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Academy for Military Physicians (1871–1875) and received his medical degree in 1876.  He continued his studies at the Charité Hospital in [[Berlin]] and was on active duty as a military physician until 1882, continuing as a reservist.

He was born on May 31, 1852 and died in December 20, 1921.