Ivan Pavlov was born in a small village in central Russia in 1849 (Girogian). Born as the son of a priest, his family had high hopes of him graduating from seminary. After reading Charles Darwin, he found that he cared more for scientific pursuits and left for the University of St. Petersburg. There he studied chemistry, pharmacology, and most importantly, for him, physiology and received his doctorate in 1879 (Girogian). He continued his studies and began doing …showed first 75 words of 639 total…

…showed last 75 words of 639 total…that made his country famous kept him free from persecution (Discovering). Work Cited Girogian, NA: Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich. In The Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Charles Schribner?s Sons, New York, Vol 10, pp. 431-6, 1974. "Ivan Petrovich Pavlov." DISCovering Biography. Online Edition. Gale, 2003. Reproduced in Student Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2004. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC "Ivan Petrovitch Pavlov." World of Health. Gale Group, 2000. Reproduced in Student Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2004. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC