| Ilya Mechnikov AKA Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov Born: 16-May-1845
Birthplace: Ivanovka, Ukraine
Died: 16-Jul-1916
Location of death: Paris, France
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist Nationality: Russia
Executive summary: Researched the immune system Ilya Mechnikov was a Russian microbiologist who researched the immune system, and discovered phagocytes (cells which devour infective organisms). He shared the 1908 Nobel Prize for Medicine with Paul Ehrlich. Mechnikov also researched syphilis, and developed a theory that drinking sour milk could extend life. He taught for more than a decade at Odessa University, which has since been renamed in his honor, I.I. Mechnikov Odessa National University. Father: Ilya Mechnikov (Imperial Guard)
Mother: Emilia Nevakhovich Mechnikov
Wife: Ludmilla Feodorovitch Mechnikov (m. 1868, d. 20-Apr-1873 tuberculosis)
Wife: Olga Belokopytova Mechnikov (b. 1860, m. 1875)
University: Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
University: University of Giessen, Germany
University: University of Göttingen, Germany
University: PhD, Munich Academy, Germany
Teacher: Odessa University, Russia (1867-68)
Teacher: University of St. Petersburg, Russia (1868-70)
Professor: Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, Odessa University (1870-82)
Administrator: Bacteriological Institute, Odessa (1886-87)
Scholar: Pasteur Institute, Paris (1888-1916)
Nobel Prize for Medicine 1908 (shared with Paul Ehrlich)
Copley Medal 1906
Royal Society
Russian Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry Maternal
Author of books:
The Comparative Pathology of Inflammation (1892, research)
Immunity in Infectious Diseases (1901, research)
The Nature of Man (1903, non-fiction)
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