George Eliava
George Eliava | |
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Novorossiysk University, Geneva, Moscow University | |
Known for | Bacteriophages, Phage therapy |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Microbiology |
Institutions | Bacteriological laboratories in Trabzon and Tbilisi, Pasteur Institute |
George Eliava (Georgian — გიორგი ელიავა; January 13, 1892 – July 10, 1937)[1] was a Georgian-Soviet microbiologist who worked with bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria).
Eliava was born in
In 1923, Eliava founded a bacteriological institute in Tbilisi on the basis of the laboratory he headed since 1921, to research and promote phage therapy. After his death, the institute was renamed George Eliava Institute in 1988. Since 1927, Eliava held the chair for hygiene at the medical faculty of Tbilisi, and since 1929 the chair for microbiology. In 1934, the Tbilisi Black Death Centre was founded and headed by Eliava.
In 1937, Eliava was arrested and (together with his wife) executed as a "People's Enemy", either for being an intellectual or for competing for a woman with
References
- ^ "George Eliava". Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
- ^ Osborne, Lawrence (2000-02-06). "A Stalinist Antibiotic Alternative". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-05-27.