When Was Rudolf Virchow Born?

Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder of social medicine, and to his colleagues, the "Pope of medicine".

When was Rudolf Virchow born and died?

Rudolf Virchow, in full Rudolf Carl Virchow, (born October 13, 1821, Schivelbein, Pomerania, Prussia [now Świdwin, Poland]—died September 5, 1902, Berlin, Germany), German pathologist and statesman, one of the most prominent physicians of the 19th century.

When did Rudolf Virchow make his discovery?

In 1855 Virchow published a statement based on his observations Omnis cellula e cellula, which means that all cells arise from pre-existing cells. This was not a new theory.