Theodor Schwann
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| Theodor Schwann | |
|---|---|
 Theodor Schwann | |
| Born |
7 December 1810 Neuss, First French Empire (nou in Germany) |
| Died |
11 Januar 1882 (aged 71) Cologne, German Empire |
| Eddication |
Humboldt Varsity o Berlin (1834) Varsity o Bonn Varsity o Würzburg |
| Kent for |
Cell theory Schwann cells Pepsin |
| Awairds | Copley Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Influences | Johannes Peter Müller |
Theodor Schwann (7 December 1810 – 11 Januar 1882) wis a German pheesiologist. His mony contreibutions tae biology include the development o cell theory, the discovery o Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous seestem, the discovery an study o pepsin, the discovery o the organic naitur o baurm, an the invention o the term metabolism.
Categeries:
- 1810 births
- 1882 daiths
- Fowk frae Neuss
- German biologists
- German Roman Catholics
- Fowk frae the Rhine Province
- Recipients o the Copley Medal
- Varsity o Bonn alumni
- Varsity o Würzburg alumni
- Humboldt Varsity o Berlin alumni
- Catholic Varsity o Leuven faculty (pre-1968)
- Varsity o Liège faculty
- Members o the Ryal Swadish Academy o Sciences
- Foreign Members o the Ryal Society
- Pheesiologists
