History knows several prominent personalities who bore the name of Mark Levin. Their activities and actions contributed to the development of history, science and medicine. This article will discuss some of the most interesting facts from the biography of Mark Levin - military commander, doctor and mathematician.
Warlord
Mark Valery Levin was a Roman military commander. He was elected praetor in 215 BC. e. During these years, the commander commanded the troops defending the coast of the Calabrian Sea, and prevented the attempts of Philip V to help Hannibal. Over the next five years, the activity of the Roman commander was aimed at preventing the Macedonians from interfering in the affairs of the Roman Empire.
In 210 BC e. Marc Valery Levin returns to Rome as consul. He was supposed to stand at the head of Italy and wage war against Hannibal, but this event did not happen. As a result, Levin was instructed to stand at the head of Sicily, where he was engaged in the revival of agriculture, and also commanded the fleet. Under his leadership, the Carthaginian fleet in northern Africa was defeated. Two years later, the great military leader completely defeated the Carthaginian fleet.
Doctor and scientist
This man was born on July 24, 1898. Levin Mark Mironovich began his medical and scientific activities at the Kiev Medical Institute in 1925. At first, Levin worked as a doctor in a rural hospital. In 1937 he defended a scientific dissertation and received the title of candidate of medical sciences. Three years later, Mark Mironovich becomes an assistant professor at a medical institute in Kiev.
In 1942, Mark Levin defended his doctoral dissertation on the study of endotoxin secreted by gonococcus. Mark Mironovich conducted active scientific work at the Orenburg and Smolensk medical institutes. His achievements in medicine were not left without reward. Mark Levin was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of the Smolensk Medical Academy.
