Israel Jacob Kligler
| Israel Jacob Kligler ישראל יעקב קליגלר |
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| Born |
24 April 1888 Kopychyntsi, Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Died | 23 September 1944 (aged 56) Netanya, Mandatory Palestine |
| Resting place | Mount of Olives, Jerusalem |
| Occupation | Microbiologist |
| Known for | Eradication of Malaria and Pioneer in Public Health |
| Spouse(s) | Helen (Ahuva) Friedman |
| Children | David Aaron Kligler MD |
| Parent(s) | Aaron Kligler and Fruma (nee Fajgel Gittman) |
Israel Jacob Kligler (24 April 1888 – 23 September 1944) was a microbiologist. A Zionist and humanist, he was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, educated in the United States and spent most of his career in Mandatory Palestine, but died before the creation of the State of Israel. He was one of the first four professors of the Hebrew University and the founder of Department of Hygiene and Bacteriology of the university, which he headed until his death in 1944. Kligler was one of the pioneers of modern medical research in Mandatory Palestine, studying as varied a field as Bacteriology, Parasitology, Virology, Nutrition, Epidemiology and Public Health. He developed the Kligler Iron Agar medium for the isolation and identification of intestinal bacteria, which is still in use today.
Kligler's greatest achievement was the eradication of malaria in Mandatory Palestine, a task that was completed after his demise.
Kligler was born on April 24, 1888 in the town of Kopychyntsi, then in Galicia, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and today in west Ukraine 60 km north-west of Kamianets-Podilskyi. Due to changes in regimes in the area, different documents state Kligler's birth town of as being in Austria, Poland or in the Ukraine and 1889 as his birth year. Israel Kligler was the son of Aaron Kligler and his wife Fruma (née Fajgel Frima Silberman). His mother died before Israel’s 8th birthday, and his father subsequently remarried Sara. In 1900, his father immigrated to the USA with his two older daughters, followed in September 1901 by his wife Sara and the other children including Israel Jakob.
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