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".

7 December 1810

Born on the same birth date (7 December 1810): Josef Hyrtl

Born on the same birth day (7 December): Azzone Visconti • Damien Rice • Danilo Blanuša • Eckhard Märzke • Eugenio Pisani • Gary Morris • Hunter Henry • Kikkawa Hiroie • Krsto Papić • Leopold Kronecker • Pavol Regenda • Pramukh Swami Maharaj

Born in the same month (December 1810): Alfred de Musset • Edward Blyth • Henry Yesler • Josef Hyrtl • Karl Richard Lepsius • L. L. Langstroth • Louisa S. McCord • Wilhelm Marstrand