11 Facts About Paul Langerhans

Paul Langerhans was a German pathologist, physiologist and biologist, credited with the discovery of the cells that secrete insulin, named after him as the islets of Langerhans.

Paul Langerhans was born in Berlin on 25 July 1847, the son of a physician.

Paul Langerhans later entered the renowned Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in the same city.

Paul Langerhans began his medical studies at the University of Jena and completed them in Berlin.

Paul Langerhans noticed that these areas were more richly innervated, but he could not suggest a function, except for the incorrect hypothesis that they might be lymph nodes.

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Paul Langerhans began studying marine worms, making regular trips down to the harbour to pick over the fishermens' nets.

Paul Langerhans's publications describing and classifying marine invertebrates deserve to rank as his third contribution to science.

Paul Langerhans practiced as a physician in Funchal, treating mostly fellow tuberculosis sufferers, and published scientific papers about the condition in Virchow's archive.

Paul Langerhans developed leg oedema, crippling headaches and transient memory loss.

Paul Langerhans died of uraemia on 20 July 1888, five days before his 41st birthday.

Paul Langerhans is buried in the British Cemetery of Funchal on Madeira, a place he had chosen, describing it as a “true graveyard, isolated and quiet, a good place to rest.