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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)
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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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.
May 18, 2018 · The German biologist Theodor Schwann (1810-1882) is considered a founder of the cell theory. He also discovered pepsin, the first digestive enzyme prepared from animal tissue, and experimented to disprove spontaneous generation.
Theodor Schwann is best remembered for the eponymous Schwann cell that he studied and described in his microscopic studies of nervous tissue.
Theodor Schwann was born in Neuss, Germany. He studied medicine in Berlin, and after graduation went on to do an assistantship in anatomy. In 1838, Schwann and Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804-1881) developed the "cell theory."
