Question

Who is called the father of immunology?
a. Louis Pasteur
b. Robert Koch
c. Edward Jenner
d. Iwanowsky

Answer 1

Hint: This scientist was known for his pioneering introduction of smallpox vaccination in 1798 and is also named as the "father of immunology".

Complete answer:
> Option A is incorrect. Louis Pasteur was a renowned French scientist, microbiologist, and chemist for his discovery of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization concepts. He is known for his groundbreaking breakthroughs in disease causes and prevention and his discoveries have ever since saved many lives. He reduced puerperal fever mortality, and created the first rabies and anthrax vaccines. He, along with Ferdinand Cohn and Robert Koch, is considered one of the three main founders of bacteriology, and is popularly known as the "father of microbiology."

> Option B is incorrect. Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch was a microbiologist and German physician. He established the basic causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax as one of the key pioneers of modern bacteriology, and scientific support was also given for the concept of infectious disease which included human and animal experiments. In 1905 Koch received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on tuberculosis. An institute called the Robert Koch Institute in his honor.

> Option C is correct. Edward Jenner was an English physicist and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines including the creation of the world's first vaccine, the smallpox vaccine. The concepts of vaccine and vaccination are derived from Variolae vaccinae, the word Jenner then used to indicate cowpox.

> Option D is incorrect. Dmitri Iosifovich Ivanovsky (Dmitri Ivanovsky) was a Russian botanist, a man who discovered viruses (1892) and a pioneer of virology. In 1887, when he was studying under Andrei Famintsyn at the University of St. Petersburg, he was sent to Ukraine and Bessarabia to investigate a tobacco disease that caused great damage to the plantations.
So, the correct answer is Option C.

Note: E. Jenner is often referred to as "the father of immunology," and his research is said to "save more lives than any other human 's work." In 2002, Jenner was included on the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons.