Matthias Schleiden

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Noun1.Matthias Schleiden - German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 formulated the cell theory (1804-1881)Matthias Schleiden - German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 formulated the cell theory (1804-1881)
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Even at its earliest stage of development, the microscope was instrumental in the conception of the cell theory of Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in 1838; it also provided Robert Hooke (1635-1703) with the first observations of individual cells of cork.
Wallace, Ernst Haeckel, Robert Hooke, Matthias Schleiden, Theodor Schwann, William Bateson, Stephen Jay Gould, and Richard Dawkins.
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