Authorised form of name | Schwann; Theodor Ambrose Hubert (1810 - 1882) |
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 |
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 |
RSActivity | Medals and prizes: Copley Medal 1845 |
Relationships | Roman Catholic; unmarried |
Source | 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 |
Code | NA6508 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1879/11 | Schwann, Theodor Ambrose Hubert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
PT/74/7/18 | Drawings, blood corpuscles during muscle development by [Martin Barry] | [1840] |
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 |
MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
MC/11/234 | Letter from Dr Th [Theodor] Schwann, Liège, to Jos [Joseph Dalton] Hooker, President of the Royal Society, London | 3 July 1878 |
MC/11/361 | Letter from Th [Theodor] Schwann, Liège, to William Spottiswoode, President of the Royal Society | 18 May 1879 |
MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |