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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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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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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 (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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