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Élie Metchnikoff

Russian-French immunologist, embryologist, biologist1845 to 1916

Wikidata names Leon Cienkowski and Louis Pasteur as doctoral advisors and lists 8 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 5 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Leon Cienkowski
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Louis Pasteur

Students on Wikidata8

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Waldemar Haffkine
born 1856
stated by Wikidata
Józef Nusbaum-Hilarowicz
born 1859
stated by Wikidata
Georgy Gabrichevsky
born 1860
stated by Wikidata
Lev Tarassevitch
born 1868
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Alexandre Besredka
born 1870
stated by Wikidata
Jules Bordet
born 1870
stated by Wikidata
Vladimir Barykin
born 1879
stated by Wikidata
Eugène Wollman
born 1883

Teachers and mentors2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Rudolf Leuckart

Taught11

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Vasily Isayev
born 1854
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Waldemar Haffkine
born 1856
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Yakov Yulievich Bardakh
born 1857
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jakob Lebedinsky
born 1858
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Nikolay Gamaleya
born 1859
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ivan Savchenko
born 1862
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ioan Cantacuzino
born 1863
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Danylo Zabolotny
born 1866
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Lev Tarassevitch
born 1868
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Alexandre Besredka
born 1870
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Alexandru Slătineanu
born 1873

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataLeon Cienkowskistated by WikidataLouis Pasteur
2 steps up
stated by WikidataAntoine-Jérôme Balardstated by WikidataJean-Baptiste Biot
3 steps up
stated by WikidataGaspard Mongestated by WikidataPierre-Simon Laplace
4 steps up
stated by WikidataJean Le Rond d'Alembert

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 9 people: 9 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career7

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1888 to 1916
Pasteur Institute
worked
undated
University of Göttingen
studied
undated
Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Imperial Kharkov University
studied
undated
Imperial Kharkov University
studied
undated
Odesa University
worked
undated
Imperial St. Petersburg University
worked
undated
Imperial Novorossiia University
worked

At a glance

known as: biologist, immunologist, zoologist, chemist, inventor, physician, physiologist, entomologist, botanist, bacteriologist
fields: immunology, microbiology, gerontology, pathology, embryology, immune system
degrees: Doctor of Natural Sciences, Doctor of Sciences, honorary degree, 1909
awards: scientific prize from Russian Academy of Science, 1867, scientific prize from Russian Academy of Science, 1870, scientific prize from Russian Academy of Science, 1891, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1908, Copley Medal, 1906, Albert Medal, 1916, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 1895, Officer of the Legion of Honour, 1896, Commander of the Legion of Honour, 1913
member of: Royal Society of London, Russian Academy of Sciences, from 1883, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academy of Sciences of Turin, from 1910, S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, from 1898, Romanian Academy, Russian Academy of Sciences, from 1902, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, from 1911
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stated by WikidataWikipediaÉlie Metchnikoff
stated by WikidataWikidataQ172254
stated by WikidataVIAF29663312
stated by WikidataGND118579851
stated by WikidataIdRef085910694
stated by WikidataISNI0000000108837698

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@misc{academicancestry_Q172254,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Élie Metchnikoff: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q172254},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Élie Metchnikoff: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q172254