> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 421](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333560) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9351-1) LSID 9351-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76745) QID Q76745 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schwann, Theodor (1810-1882), German (Rhineland-Prussian) microscopist; Dr. med. Berlin 1834; assistant with Johannes Müller at Berlin 1834-1839; postulated the biological nature of alcoholic fermentation (1837); co-operated with M.J. Schleiden in developing the "cell-theory"; professor of anatomy at Louvain 1839; id. at Liège 1848; also professor of physiology ib. from 1858. **Abbreviated name**: *Schwann* \[standard form in IPNI: *Schwann*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 121, 211, 212, 304, 314, 347; Barnhart 3: 248 (b. 7 Dec 1810, d. 11 Jan 1882); Biol.-Dokum. 16: 8471; BM 4: 1875; CSP 5: 585, 8: 903, 11: 362; DSB 12: 240-245 (M. Florkin); Frank 3 (Anh.): 94; Herderp. 122; Jackson p. 69; LS 24474-24475; Moebius p. 102, 168, 272; PR 8525, ed. 1: 9475. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Gaz. 7: 52. 1882 (d.); Bot. Not. 1883: 30 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 40: 61. 1882 (d.); Encycl. brit. ed. 11. 24: 388. 1911; Flora 29: 143. 1846 (Copley medal Roy. Soc., London); New York Times 21 Jan 1882 (d.). - Bulloch, W., Hist. bacteriol. 396-397. 1938. - Cottier, J. & H. Jaffe, More heroes of civilization, Boston, Toronto 1969, p. 133-140. - Florkin, M., Bull. Acad. méd. Belg. 16: 445-461. 1951, Rev. méd. Liège 6: 696-703, 771-777. 1951; Arch. int. Hist. Sci. 13: 197-209. 10960; Rev. méd. Liège 15: 79-89. 1960; Naissance et déviation de la théorie cellulaire dans l'oeuvre de Théodor Schwann. Paris, 1960, 235 p; Théodore Schwann et les débuts de la médecine scientifique. Paris s.d. Les conférences du Palais de la découverte, sér. D., no. 43; *in* Florilège des sciences en Belgique pendant le xixe siècle et le début du xxe Bruxelles s.d., p. 929-955. - Frederic, L., Théodore Schwann, sa vie et travaux, Liège 1884. - Freund, H. & Berg et al., Gesch. Mikroskopie 373 \[index\]. 1963. - Henle, Arch, mikrosk. Anat. 21: i-xlix. 1882. - Heymans, C., Sci. Hist. 1: 668-678, 709-719. 1939. - Kanitz, A., Magy. növen. lap. 6: 16. 1882 (obit. not.). - Kossel, A., Z. physiol. Chemie 6: 280-285. 1882. - Lankester, E.R., Nature 25: 321-323. 1882 (obit.). - Le Roy, A., *in* L'Université de Liège depuis sa fondation 919-938. 1869. - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 145, 150, 151, 278. 1973. - Magner, L.N., Hist. life sci. 223-227. 1979. - Müller, R.H.W. & R. Zaunick, Friedr. Traug. Kützing 12, 13, 294. 1960. - Nordenskiöld, E., Hist. biol. xii (index). 1949. - Oppenheimer, J., Bull. Hist. Med. 37: 78-83. 1963. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 872. 1863, 3: 1223. 1895. - Radt, Ch., J. Agr. trop. Bot. appl. 10: 272-274. 1963 (commemor.). - Reichenbach, H., Humboldt 1: 144-145. 1882. - Sachs, J., Gesch. Bot. 338. 1875, Histoire bot. 325. 1892. - Schwarzbach, M., Auf den Spuren unserer Naturforscher 160, 176, 208, 209. 1981. - Shippen, K.B., Men, microscopes and living things 141-148. 1955. - Talbott, J.H., Biogr. hist. medicine, New York, London 1970, p. 540-542. - Taton, R., ed., Science 19th cent. 350, 391, 505, 507. 1965. - Virchow, R., Arch. path. Anat. Physiol. 87: 389-392. 1882. - Watermann, R., Theodor Schwann. Leben und Werk. Düsseldorf 1960 (rev. Isis 54: 169-170. 1963). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg., 3(2): 88. 1903 (on portr.). - Zischka, G.A., Allg. Gelehrt.-Lex. 590. 1961. #### Eponymy *Schwannia* Endlicher (1840) and *Schwanniomyces* Klöcker (1909) very likely honor this author but no etymology was given. #### Festschrift Manifestation en l'honneur de M. le professeur T. Schwann, Liège, 23 Juin. Liber memorialis... Düsseldorf 1879. ### Publications ##### n.11.436. Mikroskopische Untersuchungen **Title** *Mikroskopische Untersuchungen* über die Übereinstimmung in der Struktur und dem Wachsthum der Thiere und Pflanzen... Berlin (Verlag der Sander'schen Buchhandlung (G.E. Reimer)) 1839. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mikrosk. Unters.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 14-20 Apr 1839 (Hinrichs 14-20 Apr 1839), p. \[i\]-xviii, \[1\]-270, *pl. 1-4. Copies*: HH, M, NSUB, Natl. Libr. Med., U.S.A. *Other ed*.: 1910, portr., p. \[1\]-242, *pl. 1-4. Copies*: DNLM, G, H, NY, U. – "Mikroskopische Untersuchungen... von Dr. Th. Schwann. Herausgegeben von F. Hünseier." Leipzig (Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann) 1910. Oct. – Ostwald's Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften Nr. 176. *English transl*.: 1847 (p. vii: 30 Nov 1847), p.. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-268, *pl. 1-4* (uncol.). *Copy*: PH. – "Microscopical researches into the accordance in the structure and growth of animals and plants. Translated from the German... by Henry Smith..." London (printed for the Sydenham Society) 1847. Oct. – On p. 229-268 contributions to phytogenesis. *English transl., facsimile ed.*: 1969, Kraus Reprint Co. *Copy*: US. – As original, 1969 imprint added to orig. imprint.