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May 12, 2024 · Élie Metchnikoff (born May 16, 1845, near Kharkov, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]—died July 16, 1916, Paris, France) was a Russian-born zoologist and microbiologist who received (with Paul Ehrlich) the 1908 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery in animals of amoeba-like cells that engulf foreign bodies such ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Metchnikoff died in 1916 in Paris from heart failure. According to his will, his body was used for medical research and afterwards cremated in Père Lachaise Cemetery crematorium. His cinerary urn has been placed in the Pasteur Institute library.
- 15 July 1916 (aged 71), Paris, France
Oct 1, 2016 · Abstract. Elie Metchnikoff passed away on July 15th, 1916. He is considered to be the father of phagocytes, cellular innate immunity, probiotics, and gerontology. In all of these fields, he was a visionary.
- Jean-Marc Cavaillon, Sandra Legout
- 2016
Jun 16, 2016 · This is exactly what Metchnikoff did when he proposed his theory on phagocytosis. At the end of the nineteenth century, Metchnikoff’s theory on phagocytosis was just coming of age and already had to face numerous detractors. It also encouraged open-minded scientists to investigate and come with new interpretations.
- Fabrice Merien
- 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00125
- 2016
- Front Public Health. 2016; 4: 125.
Feb 3, 2016 · Emile Roux, who subsequently became Director of the Institute, was a close friend and collaborator. Metchnikoff was deeply disturbed by the outbreak of World War I in 1914. He died at the age of 71 years in 1916.
- Siamon Gordon
- 10.1159/000443331
- 2016
- J Innate Immun. 2016 Apr; 8(3): 223-227.
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Aug 1, 2016 · 47 Citations. 29 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. The year 2016 marks 100 years since the death of Élie Metchnikoff (1845–1916), the Russian zoologist who pioneered the study of cellular immunology...
May 9, 2018 · On July 15, 1916, after a series of heart attacks, Metchnikoff died in Paris at the age of 71. He was a member of the French Academy of Medicine, the Swedish Medical Society, and the Royal Society of London, from which he received the Copley Medal.
