Updated Feb 20, 2026
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Birthday
(Thursday)
Died
Birthplace
Ivanivka, France
Nationality
Languages
English, French, German, Romanian, Russian
Spouses
Q130388202 (1869), Olga Belokopytova
Parents
Ilya Ivanovich Mechnikov, Emilia Barto Mechnikov
Residences
Mechnikove, Odesa, Paris
Education
Imperial Kharkov University, Q106947038, University of Göttingen
Zodiac Sign
♉ Taurus
Chinese Zodiac
蛇 Snake
Name Origin
English < Russian (Илья́)
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Élie Metchnikoff: Russian-French immunologist, embryologist, biologist.
Born in Ivanivka (died at age 71).
5 awards including Albert Medal.
Studied at Imperial Kharkov University.
AWARDS (5)
B
Albert Medal
WON
B
Copley Medal
WON
B
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
WON
G
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
WON
Biography
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, gallicised and known in Western sources as 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".
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