Leon Orbeli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLeon Orbeli
Armenian physiologist
Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1882
Place of Birth: Tsaghkadzor, Kotayk Region, Armenia
Date of Death: 09-Dec-1958
Profession: physiologist
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Leon Orbeli
- Leon Abgarovich Orbeli (Armenian: ???? ?????? ??????, Levon Abgari Orbeli; Russian: ???? ????????? ??????, Levon Abgarovich Orbeli; June 25, 1882 – December 9, 1958) was an Armenian physiologist active in the Russian SFSR.
- He was a member of the Academies of Science of USSR and Armenian SSR (the latter was founded by his brother Joseph Orbeli).
- Leon Orbeli became director of the Institute of Physiology in 1950. Orbeli played an important part in the development of evolutionary physiology and wrote more than 200 works on experimental and theoretical science, 130 of them journal articles.
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