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): Abi Harrison • Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr • Bent Fabric • Bobby Whitton • Claude-Victor Perrin • Freddie Adkins • Gerard Kuiper • Gian Lorenzo Bernini • Giovanni Battista Falda • Hunter Henry • Jack Huston • James Keach • Kersti Merilaas • Luca Rigoni • Peter Sturholdt • Richard Warren Sears • Robert Kubica • Tammy Lynn Sytch • Ted Knight • Yosano Akiko
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