Theodor Schwann
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...
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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 po...
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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 disp...
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