“All living things are composed of cells and cell products”
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Theodor Schwann
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. Other contributions include the discovery of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system, the discovery and study of pepsin, the discovery of the organic nature of yeast, and the invention of the term "metabolism".
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science · German physiologist (1810–1882) · physician · physiologist · university teacher · botanist · anatomist · also Theodor Schwann, Schwann, F. T. Schwann
Born 7 December 1810 · Died 11 January 1882 · Q76745
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2026· 2 entries
“explain the whole developmental process of life in all organized bodies.”
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2023· 1 entry
RP ONLINE: Neuss: Theodor-Schwann-Kolleg ist gerettet
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1882· 1 entry
Died 1882-01-11.
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1879· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1879).
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1878· 1 entry
A festival was held to celebrate his years of teaching and his many contributions
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1863· 1 entry
The American Philosophical Society elected him an international member
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1857· 1 entry
By repeating and confirming Schwann's work, accepting that yeast were alive, and then taking fermentation research further
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1848· 1 entry
Schwann's compatriot Antoine Frédéric Spring convinced him to transfer to the University of Liège, also in Belgium
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1845· 1 entry
Won Copley Medal (1845).
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1844· 1 entry
That reported on a series of experiments on dogs and established the importance of bile in digestion
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1839· 2 entries
By the publication of his book Mikroskopische Untersuchungen über die Uebereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen (Microscopic investigations on the similarity of structure and growth of an
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Schwann accepted the chair of anatomy at the Université Catholique de Louvain in Leuven, Belgium, another Catholic city
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1838· 1 entry
And his decreased scientific productivity after that, reflect religious concerns and perhaps even a crisis relating to the theoretical implications of his work on cell theory
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1837· 1 entry
Matthias Jakob Schleiden viewed and stated that new plant cells formed from the nuclei of old plant cells
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1835· 2 entries
Relatively little was known about digestive processes
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Involved muscle contraction, which he saw as a starting point for "the introduction of calculation to physiology"
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1833· 1 entry
Went to the University of Berlin, where Müller was now Professor of Anatomy and Physiology
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1831· 1 entry
Schwann moved to the University of Würzburg for clinical training in medicine
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1829· 1 entry
Schwann enrolled at the University of Bonn in the premedical curriculum
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1825· 1 entry
But Raspail's writings were unpopular, partly due to his republican sentiments
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1824· 1 entry
That the digestive juices of animals contained hydrochloric acid
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1810· 1 entry
Born 1810-12-07.
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