Ilya Ilyich MechnikovBiography Early years Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov was born on May 16, 1845, in a village ... Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (Russian : Илья ́ Ильи́ч Ме́чников , Ukrainian : Ілля Ілліч Мечников ) (16 May ... He died in 1916 in Paris from heart failure.1845 1867 1873 1883 1886 Early years Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov