The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908
Awarded on: 1908-10-29
"in recognition of their work on immunity"
Affiliations:
- Institut Pasteur – Paris, France
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov
Born: 1845-05-15 in Kharkov, Russian Empire (now Kharkiv, Ukraine)
Gender: male
Field: Russian immunologist (1845–1916)
Biography
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, also spelled Élie Metchnikoff, was a zoologist from the Russian Empire of Moldavian noble ancestry best known for his research in immunology and thanatology. He and Paul Ehrlich were jointly awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of their work on immunity".