Waldemar Mordecai Wolff Haffkine (March 15, 1860, Odessa, Russia - October 26, 1930, Lausanne, Switzerland) was a bacteriologist who mainly worked in India. He was the first microbiologist who developed and used vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague. He tested the vaccines on himself. Lord Joseph Lister named him "a savior of humanity". Wikipedia
The Haffkine Institute (established in 1899) named after the scientist who discovered the plague vaccine, is one of the oldest institutes of its kind in our country. haffkineinstitute.org/
While in the University Haffkine came under influence of Elie Metchnikoff the microbiologist and future Nobel Prize winner. www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/Photo_Album/Stamps/haffkine.htm
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For 61-year-old Nancy Hafkin, great-granddaughter of Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine, the founder of the institute, a visit to her Haffkine institute at Parel was an emotional occasion. www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-520363,...