Schleiden

[ shlahyd-n ]

/ ˈʃlaɪd n /

Mat·thi·as Ja·kob

[mah-tee-ahs -yah-kawp], /mɑˈti ɑs ˈyɑ kɔp/, 1804–81, German botanist.

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Schleiden's text-book did not appear until too late to be known to Griffith.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
On the afternoon of April 27 Schleiden was back in Washington.
Great Britain and the American Civil War|Ephraim Douglass Adams
Schleiden immediately notified Stephens of his presence in Richmond and desire for an interview, and was at once received.
Great Britain and the American Civil War|Ephraim Douglass Adams
This important work dated back to 1842 and was inspired by his enthusiasm for the then novel cell-theory of Schleiden and Schwann.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various

Schleiden had noticed in the plant cell a finely granular substance which he termed “plant slime” (Pflanzenschleim).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8|Various