GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Matthias Jacob Schleiden was a German botanist who, with Theodor Schwann, cofounded the cell theory . In 1838 Schleiden defined the cell as the basic unit of plant structure, and a year later Schwann defined the cell as the basic unit of animal structure.

Detailed explanation-2: -Matthias Jacob Schleiden helped develop the cell theory in Germany during the nineteenth century. Schleiden studied cells as the common element among all plants and animals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804-1881) was Professor of botany at the University of Jena and is best known as one of the foundational architects of the cell theory.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1838, Matthias Schleiden, a German botanist, concluded that all plant tissues are composed of cells and that an embryonic plant arose from a single cell. He declared that the cell is the basic building block of all plant matter.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.