Birthdate: March 15, 1860
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Odesa, Ukraine
Died: October 26, 1930
Waldemar Mordechai Wolff Haffkine was a Russian-French bacteriologist recognized for his pioneering work in vaccine development. He was educated at Imperial Novorossiya University and later worked at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, where he successfully created vaccines for cholera and bubonic plague. Haffkine bravely tested these vaccines on himself, earning accolades from Joseph Lister as a “saviour of humanity.” He was honored with the Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire for his significant contributions and later became a British subject. In his later years, he focused on Orthodox Jewish causes and actively supported Zionism.
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