What is Joseph Lister?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | name = The Lord Lister | honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OM|PC|PRS}} | image = Joseph Lister 1902.jpg | caption=Photograph of Lister in 1902 | office = [[List of presidents of the Royal Society|President of the Royal Society]] | term_start = 1895 | term_end = 1900 | predecessor = [[William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin|The Lord Kelvin]] | successor = [[William Huggins|Sir William Huggins]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1827|4|5|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Upton House, Newham|Upton House]], [[West Ham]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|1912|2|10|1827|4|5|df=y}} | death_place = [[Walmer]], [[Kent]], England | nationality = British |spouse= Agnes Lister (nee Syme) | module = {{infobox scientist | embed = yes | field = [[Medicine]] | work_institutions = [[King's College London]]<br>[[University of Glasgow]]<br>[[University of Edinburgh]]<br>[[University College London]] | alma_mater = [[University College London]] | doctoral_advisor = <!--Please insert--> | doctoral_students = <!--Please insert--> | known_for = Surgical sterile techniques | awards = [[Royal Medal]] {{small|(1880)}}<br>[[Albert Medal (Royal Society of Arts)|Albert Medal]] {{small|(1894)}}<br>[[Copley Medal]] {{small|(1902)}} }} | signature = Joseph Lister signature.png }} [[File:Lister's carbolic steam spray apparatus, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.jpg|thumb|260px|Lister's carbolic steam spray apparatus, [[Hunterian Museum]], Glasgow]] '''Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|OM|PC|PRS|FRS}} (5 April 1827{{spaced ndash}}10 February 1912) was a British [[surgeon]] and a pioneer of [[Antiseptic#Usage in surgery|antiseptic surgery]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Lister-Baron-Lister-of-Lyme-Regis | title=Joseph Lister | encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] | first=Frederick F. | last=Cartwright | access-date=8 Februa