Schleiden
Americannoun
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In 1838, Matthias Schleiden stated that all plants are made of cells.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
Edwin Grant Conklin, Princeton's famed biologist, declared that it was a mistake to attribute the origin of the biological cell theory, whose centenary is being observed in scientific circles, to two Germans, Schleiden and Swann.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1839 in Germany lived two scientists, Mathias Schleiden and his follower, Theodore Schwann.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many a textbook since then has honored Schleiden and Schwann as the first to postulate that the cell is a fundamental unit of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, for the first time, Schleiden sees living cells in plants.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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