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Élie Metchnikoff

Russian-french immunologist, embryologist, biologist.

Born May 16th, 1845 in Ivanivka.

Died July 16th, 1916 at 71 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).

Occupations
biologist, botanist, chemist, entomologist, immunologist, inventor, microbiologist, physician, physiologist, zoologist

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle