BIOLOGIST

Matthias Jakob Schleiden

1804 - 1881

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Matthias Jakob Schleiden (German: [maˈtiːas ˈjaːkɔp ˈʃlaɪdn̩]; 5 April 1804 – 23 June 1881) was a German botanist and co-founder of cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow. He published some poems and non-scientific work under the pseudonym Ernst. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthias Jakob Schleiden is the 84th most popular biologist (down from 35th in 2019), the 593rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 415th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Biologist.

Matthias Jakob Schleiden was a German botanist who is most famous for being the first person to describe the cell theory.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Matthias Jakob Schleiden ranks 84 out of 1,097. Before him are Richard Owen, Ralph M. Steinman, Archibald Hill, René Lesson, Werner Arber, and Jules A. Hoffmann. After him are Hans Spemann, Herman Boerhaave, August Weismann, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Katherine Oppenheimer, and Clair Cameron Patterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Matthias Jakob Schleiden ranks 16. Before him are Allan Kardec, Marie Taglioni, Mongkut, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, and Richard Owen. After him are John Deere, Eugène Sue, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, and Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen. Among people deceased in 1881, Matthias Jakob Schleiden ranks 8. Before him are Alexander II of Russia, Modest Mussorgsky, Billy the Kid, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Disraeli, and Lewis H. Morgan. After him are Louis Auguste Blanqui, Thomas Carlyle, Jenny von Westphalen, Henri Vieuxtemps, Auguste Mariette, and Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Matthias Jakob Schleiden ranks 593 out of 7,253. Before him are August Bebel (1840), Johann Reuchlin (1455), Karl Schwarzschild (1873), Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1727), Robert the Strong (900), and Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839). After him are Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), Bert Hellinger (1925), Friedrich Mohs (1773), Sophia of Nassau (1836), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), and Hans Spemann (1869).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Matthias Jakob Schleiden ranks 7. Before him are Ernst Haeckel (1834), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), Albrecht Kossel (1853), Peter Simon Pallas (1741), Harald zur Hausen (1936), and Theodor Schwann (1810). After him are Hans Spemann (1869), August Weismann (1834), Katherine Oppenheimer (1910), Ernst Mayr (1904), Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1942), and Erwin Neher (1944).

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