Theodor Ambrose Hubert (Theodor) Schwann
1810–82
German physiologist. MD, Berlin, 1834; became one of Johannes Peter Müller’s research assistants. Professor of general and descriptive anatomy, Louvain, Belgium, 1839. Professor of general and descriptive anatomy, Liège, 1849–72; of embryology, 1858–77; of physiology, 1858–79. Discovered pepsin and was one of the founders of cell theory.
Sources
DBE
NDB.
Bibliography
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
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