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Apr 8, 2024 · Theodor Schwann (born December 7, 1810, Neuss, Prussia [Germany]—died January 11, 1882, Cologne, Germany) was a German physiologist who founded modern histology by defining the cell as the basic unit of animal structure. He was a cofounder (with Matthias Jakob Schleiden) of the cell theory.
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Theodor Schwann (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈʃvan]; 7 December 1810 – 11 January 1882) was a German physician and physiologist. His most significant contribution to biology is considered to be the extension of cell theory to animals.
- Copley Medal (1845)
Lived 1810 – 1882. Theodor Schwann was an anatomist and physiologist who is best known for developing the cell doctrine that all living things are composed of cells. He established that the cell is the basic unit of all living things.
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May 18, 2018 · Theodor Schwann. 1868-1938. German biologist who made landmark contributions to the development of histology and cell theory. Schwann's studies of yeast fermentation provided evidence against the doctrine of spontaneous generation and led to progress in understanding cellular metabolism.
Jun 2, 2021 · Theodor Schwann (Fig. 1), the eminent founder of modern histology and the discoverer of the lemmocyte, was born on December 7, 1810 in Neuss, Germany, the fourth son of Elisabeth (née Rottels) and Leonard Schwann, the owner of a local bookstore. Theodor grew up in a large family—he had twelve siblings.
- Michał K. Owecki
- 10.1007/s00415-021-10630-6
- 2021
- J Neurol. 2021; 268(12): 4921-4922.
Theodor Schwann was a German physiologist who made major contributions to the development of cell theory and discovered the Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. He is also credited to have coined the term metabolism.
Schwann was one of the first scientists to break away from vitalism to lean toward a mechanistic or physico-chemical explanation of living processes which proposed that the biological processes in cells and living beings could be explained by physical and chemical phenomena.
