Matthias Jakob Schleiden

Description: (German Botanist & Co-founder of 'Cell Theory')
Matthias Jakob Schleiden was a German botanist who is credited with co-founding cell theory along with Rudolf Virchow and Theodor Schwann. He is also remembered for his service as a professor at the University of Dorpat from the mid 1860s.

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Birthday April 5, 1804 (Aries)
Died on June 23, 1881
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