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SurnameVald
NameGrigory
PatronymBorisovich
Birth year1938
Birth month3
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birth_placeKharkiv, Ukraine

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Ioffe Mikhail (1897-1979)

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SurnameIoffe
NameMikhail
Birth year1897
Birth month12
Birth day30
Death year1979
death_month11
death_day20
Death placeRiga
SexM

Ioffe Mikhail (Michail) (30 December 1897 / 12 January 1898, Riga – 20 November 1979, Riga) — cellist, physician.

Mikhail Ioffee studied at the Latvian Conservatory. In 1919–23 he was a member of the orchestra of the National Opera. During the summer seasons of 1921–23 he played in the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. In 1926 and 1929 he performed with the Riga Symphony Orchestra, and from 1925 to 1934 was a member of its board. In 1932 he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Latvia.

In 1940–41 and 1944–46 he served as Deputy Commissioner of Health of the Latvian SSR. During 1941–44 he directed a military hospital. From 1946 to 1950 he taught at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Latvia, later becoming professor. Specialist in electrocardiography.