Ilya Mechnikov Ph.D.
Name: Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Birth: 1 May 1852, Petilla de Aragón, Spain
Death: 17 October 1934, Madrid, Spain
Affiliation: Madrid University, Madrid, Spain
Award: “in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system.”
Portion of Cash: 1/2
Education: Doctor of Medicine, Zaragoza, Madrid, 1873. Ph.D., University of Zaragoza, 1877.
Weak eyesight, heart troubles, difficulties in University lead to pessimism. Twice attempted suicide. Discovery of phagocytosis completely changed his outlook on life; abandoned his pessimistic philosophy and determined to find further proof of hypothesis.
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Ilya Mechnikov (standing), disciple of Louis Pasteur (seated), with children who were cured of rabies. Source: KRUIF, Paul de. Mikrobenjäger. Orell Füssli, Zürich, 1927/Wikimedia Commons.
“…the peace that is found in libraries and laboratories…” Louis Pasteur.
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov. Creator: Félix Nadar. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Ilya Mechnikov. Source: Research Information Network.
Ilya Mechnikov [right] with Count Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, 1909. Source: Fine Arts America.
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov,1908. Magazine “Ogonok” 1926. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, 1913. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Elie Mechnikoff. Publisher: Bain News Service, between 1910 and 1915. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov. Source: California science teacher