BIOLOGIST

Theodor Schwann

1810 - 1882

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Theodor Schwann (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈʃvan]; 7 December 1810 – 11 January 1882) 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Schwann is the 58th most popular biologist (down from 29th in 2019), the 451st most popular biography from Germany (down from 354th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Biologist.

Theodor Schwann is most famous for his work on the cell theory and discovering that cells are the basic unit of life.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Theodor Schwann ranks 58 out of 1,097. Before him are Lazzaro Spallanzani, André Michel Lwoff, Karl Ernst von Baer, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, François Jacob, and Roger Guillemin. After him are Hugo Gunckel Lüer, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Jean Dausset, Gregory Winter, Linda B. Buck, and Daniel Bovet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Theodor Schwann ranks 8. Before him are Pope Leo XIII, Robert Schumann, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, P. T. Barnum, Éliphas Lévi, and Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. After him are Howard Staunton, Alfred de Musset, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and Otto Nicolai. Among people deceased in 1882, Theodor Schwann ranks 7. Before him are Charles Darwin, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Friedrich Wöhler, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Arthur de Gobineau, and Jesse James. After him are Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Francesco Hayez, Bruno Bauer, Léon Gambetta, Louis Blanc, and Joseph Liouville.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Schwann ranks 451 out of 7,253. Before him are Adam of Bremen (1100), Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735), Valentinian II (371), Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (1660), and Traudl Junge (1920). After him are Peter Behrens (1868), Polykarp Kusch (1911), Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845), Maurice de Saxe (1696), Werner Herzog (1942), and Fanny Mendelssohn (1805).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Theodor Schwann ranks 6. Before him are Ernst Haeckel (1834), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), Albrecht Kossel (1853), Peter Simon Pallas (1741), and Harald zur Hausen (1936). After him are Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804), Hans Spemann (1869), August Weismann (1834), Katherine Oppenheimer (1910), Ernst Mayr (1904), and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1942).

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