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Name: Theodor Schwann
Birth Date: December 7, 1810
Death Date: January 11, 1882
Place of Birth: Neuss, Germany
Place of Death: Cologne, Germany
Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Occupations: biologist, physiologist

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Biography of Theodor Schwann
875 words, approx. 3 pages
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 was...
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Biography of Theodor Abrose Hubert Schwann
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Born near Dusseldorf, Germany, Schwann attended the University of Bonn, then did post-graduate work under Johannes Muller at the University of Wurzburg and the University of Berlin. He later took a position as the Chair of Anatomy at the University of...


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Schwann, Theodor
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(born Dec. 7, 1810, Neuss, Prussia—died Jan. 11, 1882, Cologne, Ger.) German physiologist. He founded modern histology by recognizing the cell as the basic unit of animal structure. A year after Mathias Jacob Schleiden, a colleague Schwann knew...
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Theodor Schwann Summary
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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...
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Theodor Schwann Information
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Theodor Schwann (December 7, 1810 – January 11, 1882) was a German physiologist, histologist and cytologist. His many contributions to biology include the development of cell theory, the discovery of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system,...


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The Boston Herald
Death of Schwann's founder ends an era.
06/19/1998: 570 words, approx. 2 pages
If genius is the capacity for taking infinite pains, then William Schwann was a cataloging genius. The founder of the Schwann Record and Tape Guide and a longtime resident of Lincoln, Schwann died June 7 at age 85. His death seems, somehow, to...
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Video Store
With Number of Titles Exploding, Schwann Offers New DVD Catalog.
01/02/2000: 327 words, approx. 1 pages
The small print on the cover of the Schwann DVD Advance says it all about the need to catalog DVD releases. Volume 1, No. 1, for September/October, reports "over 4,700 DVDs" are listed inside, alphabetized in three categories-movies, special interest and "mature...
 


 

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