Description: (Bacteriologists)
Waldemar Mordechai Wolff Haffkine was a Russian-French bacteriologist renowned for his pioneering work in vaccine development. He was educated at Imperial Novorossiya University and later joined the Pasteur Institute in Paris, where he successfully created vaccines for cholera and bubonic plague. Haffkine bravely tested these vaccines on himself, earning high praise from Joseph Lister as a "saviour of humanity." Recognized for his significant contributions, he was awarded the Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire and eventually became a British subject. In his later years, Haffkine shifted his focus towards supporting Orthodox Jewish causes and advocating for Zionism.