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Theodor Schwann
Theodor Schwann
(7 December 1810 – 11 January 1882) was a German
physiologist
. His many contributions to
biology
include the development of
cell theory
, 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
.
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