Ivan Pavlov

Ivan Pavlov
Иван Павлов
Pavlov in his later years
Born
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

(1849-09-26)26 September 1849
Died27 February 1936(1936-02-27) (aged 86)
Alma materSaint Petersburg University
Known for
Spouse
Seraphima Vasilievna Karchevskaya
(m. 1881)
Children5
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysiology, psychology
InstitutionsImperial Military Medical Academy
Doctoral studentsPyotr Anokhin, Boris Babkin, Leon Orbeli

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (Russian: Иван Петрович Павлов, IPA: [ɪˈvan pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈpavləf] ; 26 September [O.S. 14 September] 1849  27 February 1936) was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist and physiologist known for his discovery of classical conditioning through his experiments with dogs. Pavlov also conducted significant research on the physiology of digestion, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1904.