| Authorised form of name | Schwann; Theodor Ambrose Hubert (1810 - 1882) |
| Surname | Schwann |
| Forenames | Theodor Ambrose Hubert |
| Dates | 1810 - 1882 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Neuss, Germany |
| Date of birth | 07 December 1810 |
| Place of death | Cologne, Germany |
| Date of death | 11 January 1882 |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Neuss, Germany (07 December 1810)
Death:
Cologne, Germany (11 January 1882) |
| Research field | Physiology |
| Activity | Education:
Jesuit gymnasium, Cologne
Career:
Was intended for the Church, but chose medicine; assistant to Johannes Muller (FRS 1840), Berlin; discovered pepsin (1836); Professor of Anatomy, Louvain (1839); Professor of Anatomy, Liege (1848)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 03/04/1879 |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Foreign Member
Election Date:
3/04/1879
Medals/Prizes:
Copley Medal 1845 |
| Relationships | Roman Catholic; unmarried |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
B Heap, 'From the dust of the Earth? Things come to life: spontaneous generation revisited by Henry Harris' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 107-108 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/8183370 |
| Royal Society code | NA6508 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| EC/1879/11 | Schwann, Theodor Ambrose Hubert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/426/258 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to J E [John Edward] Gray Esq | 15 February 1847 |
| MC/4/120 | Letter from Richard Owen, Royal College of Surgeons, to Dr [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society | 1 January 1846 |
| PT/74/7/18 | Drawings, blood corpuscles during muscle development by [Martin Barry] | [1840] |