Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Élie Metchnikoff
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Élie Metchnikoff. Metchnikoff, Élie
Quizzes
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
Related Questions
Read Next
Aspirin pills.
7 Drugs that Changed the World
Photo of the antacid Tums
How Do Antacids Work?
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Commemorative medal of Nobel Prize winner, Johannes Diderik Van Der Waals
7 Nobel Prize Scandals
Alfred Nobel on a large reproduction of the obverse side of the Nobel Prize medal for Peace on the exterior of Nobel Peace Center opened in Oslo, Norway June 11, 2005 to learn about Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and the history of Alfred Bernhard Nobel.
How Do You Get a Nobel Prize?
Discover
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
Agnes with a lamb near her feet. St. Agnes (Saint Agnes) design drawing for stained glass window by J&R Lamb Studios, ink, mount size 10.5 x 14.5 in.
Roman Catholic Saints
Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics
10 Best Hockey Players of All Time
Flags of the countries of the world (flagpoles).
How Many Countries Are There in the World?
Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.
7 Deadliest Weapons in History
Chinese pictograph, calligraphy tablet of Huang Tingjian, a famous calligrapher in Ancient Song Dynasty. The background of Chinese cultural elements.
The World’s 5 Most Commonly Used Writing Systems
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Élie Metchnikoff: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Elie-Metchnikoff
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Ilya Ilich Mechnikov
Born May 16, 1845 • near Kharkiv • Ukraine
Died July 16, 1916 (aged 71) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1908) • Copley Medal (1906)
Subjects Of Study phagocytosis

Photos

Élie Metchnikoff.
Metchnikoff, Élie
See All Images →
Ōmura Satoshi
Ōmura Satoshi
Japanese microbiologist
Smith, Hamilton O.
Hamilton O. Smith
American biologist
Selman Abraham Waksman, 1968.
Selman Abraham Waksman
American biochemist
John Franklin Enders
American microbiologist
Lwoff, 1965
André Lwoff
French biologist
Werner Arber
Swiss microbiologist
Daniel Nathans
American microbiologist
Theiler, Max
Max Theiler
American microbiologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
Watson, James
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
Peter B. Medawar, 1960.
Sir Peter B. Medawar
British zoologist
Brenner, Sydney
Sydney Brenner
South African-born biologist
Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist
Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Lorenz
Austrian zoologist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn
American molecular biologist and biochemist
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
Phillip A. Sharp, 1993.
Phillip A. Sharp
American physiologist
James P. Allison
American immunologist

Related Quizzes and Features

Quiz
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science