Élie Metchnikoff
Zoologist
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, also spelled Élie Metchnikoff, was a zoologist from the Russian Empire of Moldavian noble ancestry best known for his pioneering research in immunology and thanatology. Wikipedia
Born: May 16, 1845, Kharkov Governorate
Died: July 15, 1916 (age 71 years), Paris, France
Known for: Phagocytosis; cell-mediated immunity; gerontology
Spouse: Olga Belokopytova (m. 1875–1916) and Ludmila Feodorovitch (m. 1869–1873)
Awards: Copley Medal (1906), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1908), and Albert Medal (1916)
Parents: Ilya Ivanovich Mechnikov and Emilia Mechnikova
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