page_title: Paul Langerhans
section_title: Early education
hierarchical_section_title: Paul Langerhans / Early education
caption_attribution_description: Paul Langerhans
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: Langerhans was born in Berlin on 25 July 1847, the son of a physician. He later entered the renowned Graues Kloster in the same city. Due to his outstanding performance he was exempted from the final oral examinations. He began his medical studies at the University of Jena and completed them in Berlin.
caption: Langerhans as a student
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