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Theodor Schwann

Theodor Schwann
Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (d. 1882)

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

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