Nikolay Sklifosovsky, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Nikolay Sklifosovsky

Russian physiologist

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1836

Date of Death: 30-Nov-1904

Profession: surgeon, university teacher, physiologist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Nikolai Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky (Russian: ?????á? ?????????? ???????ó?????; 6 April [O.S.
25 March] 1836 — 13 December [O.S.
30 November] 1904) was a Russian surgeon and physiologist of Moldavian origin (his grandfather's surname was Sclifos).
He was born near the town of Dubasari, which is now in Transnistria.
Sklifosovsky was a professor of medicine in Saint Petersburg and Kiev.
Professor of the Department of Surgical Clinic (1880-1893), Dean (1882-1888), Medical Faculty of the Imperial Moscow University. The initiator and one of the founders of the «Clinical Town» at Devichye Pole. The Moscow Institute of Emergency First Aid, often abbreviated as Sklif, bears his name since 1923. In 2001, the Central Bank of Transnistria minted a silver coin honoring this native of today's Transnistria, as part of a series of memorable coins called The Outstanding People of Pridnestrovie.