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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1900s (57) 1908 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1840s (20) 1845 (6) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, eastern (65) Ukraine (6) Ivanivka (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1910s (29) 1916 (5) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) France (51) Paris (25) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) I (15) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) M (84) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) I (5) Ilya (3) 23. Religion 23. Religion Irreligion group (86) Atheism (75) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 64 (34) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Asia (83) Russia (27) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) France (32) Paris (23) Institut Pasteur (6) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Asia (71) Russia (19) Saint Petersburg (7) Saint Petersburg State University (7) Alumni (7) Long-term academic staff (2) Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Göttingen (44) University of Göttingen (44) Short-term academic staff (17) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) S (49) Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences (19) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Medal (16) C-D (404) C (272) Copley Medal (60) K-L (297) K (173) Karl Ernst von Baer medal (2) O-P (364) P (242) Premio Planeta de Novela (2) complete name: Élie Metchnikoff nobel prize: medicine award year: 1908 prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908 was awarded jointly to Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov and Paul Ehrlich "in recognition of their work on immunity." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Ilya family name: Metchnikoff occupation: physician occupation: inventor occupation: zoologist occupation: chemist occupation: biologist occupation: immunologist field of work: microbiology field of work: pathology field of work: gerontology field of work: immunology field of work: embryology work location: Odessa University, Odessa, Ukraine description: Élie Metchnikoff was a Russian zoologist best known for his pioneering research in immunology. In particular, he is credited with the discovery of phagocytes (macrophages) in 1882. This discovery turned out to be the major defence mechanism in innate immunity. He and Paul Ehrlich were jointly awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of their work on immunity". He is also credited by some sources with coining the term gerontology in 1903, for the emerging study of aging and longevity. He established the concept of cell-mediated immunity, while Ehrlich that of humoral immunity. Their works are regarded as the foundation of the science of immunology. In immunology, he is given an epithet the "father of natural immunity". pronunciation: (Russian: Илья́ Ильи́ч Ме́чников, also written as Élie Metchnikoff) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1908/summary/> date birth: 1845 date death: 1916 usual name: Élie Metchnikoff
