The Life and Times of Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was born on September 14th, 1849 in Ryazan Russia to Petr Pavlov, a priest, and Varvara Pavlov, a priest’s daughter (Windholz, 1997). Ivan was the eldest son of Petr and Varvara’s eleven children, which instilled a strong sense of responsibility and drive in Ivan very early on guiding him for the rest of his life (Schultz & Schultz, 2012).
Even with his strong work ethic and drive, Ivan was unable to attend formal schooling until he was eleven years old due to a severe head injury that he attained when he was a child (Schultz & Schultz, 2012). This did not hold him back for long though; soon he began schooling at the Ryazan Ecclesiastical Seminary in order to become a priest like his father and the many fathers in the…