Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Assignment 1
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Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was born during in the Ryazan, Russian empire on September 26, 1849. His dad, Peter D. Pavlov, was priests, while his mother, Varvara. I. Uspenskaya was a Homemaker. From the early days, he was close to his parents and participated willingly to all house chores. However, his development especially in education suddenly halted when he had an accident at the age of 7 and only resumed formal schooling at the age of 11 years (Asratyan, 1953). His parents background influenced his religious life, wherein he went ahead to join a theological seminary. During his life, he specialized in physics and physiology. He went ahead to leave a mark in both fields. Moreover, he made an impact in behavioral modification, classical conditioning and trans-marginal inhibition.
Dating back to his childhood, Pavlov had demonstrated a high degree of competence through his intellectual brilliance especially in the field of research. He is said to have been energetic and vigorous when he did his work. He was invoked by D.I. Pisarev, a Russian literary critic, and I.M. Sechenov, a Russian Physiology, he abandoned the theology seminary to pursue a science related career (Pavlov, 2001). In 1870, he went ahead to enroll for a course in natural science at the University of Petersburg. While there he specialized in physiology and natural sciences. Having gained the knowledge, he went ahead to make remarkable discoveries in both field that impacted many generations thereafter.
His life took a major stepping stone while at the Military Medical Academy, where he earned a medal award for his pervasive research work. On and on, he went to Germany after his doctorate in Leipzig, at the Heidenhain laboratories. Remarkably, the peak of his career life came when he won the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology.
His marriage to Seraphina Vasielieva marred by family problems. The first nine years were tough especially because of the financial constraint. Moreover, his wife suffered from a miscarriage and even their firstborn died while a child. They, however, had four children. Nevertheless their last born Vsevolod passed on in 1935, one year before Pavlov died in Leningrad, Soviet Union.
On average, Pavlov’s life was all rounded (Pavlov, 2001). Despite the setback he faced, dating back to his childhood injuries, his marital problems, he always emerged strong and unscathed. He always worked hard which is evident in the legacy he left in the physiological field.
References
Asratyan, E. A. (1953). I.P.Pavlov: His Life and Work. Moscow, Russia: Foreign Language Publishing Press.
Pavlov, I. P. (2001). I. P. Pavlov: Selected Works. Honolulu, Hawaii: University Press Of The Pacific.
