Élie Metchnikoff
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 108 years ago |
Date of birth | May 16,1845 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Kharkov Governorate |
Date of died | July 15,1916 |
Died | Paris |
France | |
Job | Biologist |
Zoologist | |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Albert Medal | |
Copley Medal | |
Spouse | Olga Belokopytova |
Ludmila Feodorovitch | |
Known for | Phagocytosis |
cell-mediated immunity | |
gerontology | |
Parents | Emilia Mechnikova |
Ilya Ivanovich Mechnikov | |
Books | The nature of man |
The Prolongation of life | |
Immunity in infective diseases | |
Prolongation of Life Optimistic Studies | |
Nationality | French |
Russian | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1510229 |
Élie Metchnikoff Life story
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, also spelled Élie Metchnikoff, was a Russian zoologist of Romanian noble ancestry best known for his pioneering research in immunology. He and Paul Ehrlich were jointly awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of their work on immunity".