Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (Илья Ильич Мечников) (May 16, 1845 - July 16, 1916) was a Russian microbiologist best remembered for his pioneering research into the immune system. Mechnikov received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1908, for his work on phagocytosis.

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• http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1908/mechnikov-bio.html