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Theodor Schwann

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Gender Male
Death141 years ago
Date of birth December 7,1810
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Neuss
Germany
Date of died January 11,1882
DiedCologne
Germany
NationalityGerman
Prussian
Known forCell theory
Schwann cells
Pepsin
Cell theory; Schwann cells; Pepsin
DiscoveryPepsin
Job Teacher
Physician
Writer
Physiologist
Awards Copley Medal
BooksMicroscopical researches into the accordance in the structure and growth of animals and plants
Siblings L. Schwann
Parents Elisabeth Schwann
Leonard Schwann
Education Humboldt University of Berlin
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Theodor Schwann was a German physician and physiologist. His most significant contribution to biology is considered to be the extension of cell theory to animals.

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