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Waldemar Mordechai Haffkine AKA Vladimir Aronovich Khavkin (1860 - 1930)
Died: October 20, 1930, Lausanne, Geneva.
Vladimir Khavkin (the name he was known by in Russia) was a son of a Jewish schoolmaster, Aron Khavkin. He was born in the prosperous Black Sea port of Odessa, but received most of his early education in Berdiansk.
He graduated from local Gymnasium (classic high school) in 1879. After the school he enrolled to the Department of Natural Sciences in Odessa Malorossiysky University and studied physics, mathematics and zoology. While in the University, Haffkine came under the influence of Elie Metchnikoff, the microbiologist and future Nobel Prize winner.
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At the same time in an effort to combat open anti-Semitism he became active in the Odessa Jewish self-defense league. As a result he was arrested by the Russian authorities, but was released after Metchnikoff’s intervention.
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