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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor Schwann has received more than 882,741 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Theodor Schwann is the 32nd most popular biologist (up from 48th in 2019), the 345th most popular biography from Germany (up from 545th in 2019) and the 3rd 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 32 out of 841. Before him are Barbara McClintock, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Conrad Gessner, Jules Bordet, Dian Fossey, and Charles Richet. After him are Yoshinori Ohsumi, Harald zur Hausen, Albrecht Kossel, Karl von Frisch, Lazzaro Spallanzani, and Christian de Duve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Theodor Schwann ranks 6. Before him are Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Pope Leo XIII, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, and P. T. Barnum. After him are Alfred de Musset, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Éliphas Lévi, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, and Princess Marianne of the Netherlands. Among people deceased in 1882, Theodor Schwann ranks 7. Before him are Charles Darwin, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Friedrich Wöhler, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jesse James, and Arthur de Gobineau. After him are Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Bruno Bauer, Louis Blanc, Francesco Hayez, William Stanley Jevons, and Léon Gambetta.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Schwann ranks 345 out of 6,142. Before him are Carl Bosch (1874), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Franz Mesmer (1734), Fritz Sauckel (1894), Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486), and Katharina von Bora (1498). After him are Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Karl Drais (1785), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Robert Bosch (1861), and Sepp Maier (1944).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Theodor Schwann ranks 3. Before him are Ernst Haeckel (1834) and Maria Sibylla Merian (1647). After him are Harald zur Hausen (1936), Albrecht Kossel (1853), August Weismann (1834), Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804), Hans Spemann (1869), Peter Simon Pallas (1741), Ernst Mayr (1904), Bernard Katz (1911), and Julius Richard Petri (1852).

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