EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The classical cell theory was proposed by Theodor Schwann in 1839. There are three parts to this theory. The first part states that all organisms are made of cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -Matthias Jacob Schleiden and Theodor Schwann were German scientists. Schleiden was a botanist, and Schwann was a physiologist. In 1835 both Schleiden and Schwann worked in the laboratory of zoologist Johannes Müller. The two became friends and eventually collaborated.

Detailed explanation-3: -Matthias Schleiden, a German botanist, and Theodor Schwann, a British Zoologist formulated the cell theory in the mid-nineteenth century. In 1838 Schleiden was the first to state that cells are building blocks of plants. These discoveries led to the formulation of cell theory.

Detailed explanation-4: -Both Schleiden and Schwann studied cell theory and phytogenesis, the origin and developmental history of plants. They aimed to find a unit of organisms common to the animal and plant kingdoms. They began a collaboration, and later scientists often called Schleiden and Schwann the founders of cell theory.

Detailed explanation-5: -Schleiden (1838) proposed that cell is the structural and functional unit of life.