Definition of Theodor Schwann

1. Noun. German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882).

Exact synonyms: Schwann
Generic synonyms: Histologist, Physiologist

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Literary usage of Theodor Schwann

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"From it was issued the memorial volume published in 1879 in honor of Theodor Schwann. The youth inherited from his father a decided taste for manual ..."

2. Practical Studies in Fermentation: Being Contributions to the Life History by Emil Christian Hansen, Alexander Kenneth Miller (1896)
"In 1836-1837 a number of experiments were carried out by Franz Schulze and Theodor Schwann separately, which proved that various readily fermentable and ..."

3. Practical Studies in Fermentation: Being Contributions to the Life History by Emil Christian Hansen, Alexander Kenneth Miller (1896)
"In 1836-1837 a number of experiments were carried out by Franz Schulze and Theodor Schwann separately, which proved that various readily fermentable and ..."

4. A History of Science by Henry Smith Williams, Edward Huntington Williams (1904)
"This friend was Dr. Theodor Schwann, professor of physiology in the University of Lou vain. At the moment when these observations were communicated to him ..."

5. The Library of Original Sources by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1907)
"Theodor Schwann Theodor Schwann was born at Neuss in Prussia, Dec. 7, 1810. His father was the founder of an important printing establishment. ..."

6. The Library of Original Sources: Ideas that Have Influenced Civilization, in edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"Theodor Schwann Theodor Schwann was born at Neuss in Prussia, Dec. 7, 1810. His father was the founder of an important printing establishment. ..."

7. An Introduction to the History of Medicine, with Medical Chronology by Fielding Hudson Garrison (1913)
"Theodor Schwann (1810-82), born at Neuss near Düsseldorf, was a pupil of Müller' s at Bonn and the latter's prosector at Berlin. After the publication of ..."

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