BIOLOGIST
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
1804 - 1881
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthias Jakob Schleiden has received more than 723,289 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Matthias Jakob Schleiden is the 35th most popular biologist (up from 46th in 2019), the 415th most popular biography from Germany (up from 512th in 2019) and the 6th 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 35 out of 1,097. Before him are Theodor Schwann, Ada Yonath, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Barbara McClintock, Albrecht Kossel, and Charles Richet. After him are Harald zur Hausen, Dian Fossey, Karl von Frisch, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, Lazzaro Spallanzani, and Vladimir Vernadsky.
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HPI: 68.32
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HPI: 68.27
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HPI: 68.15
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Albrecht Kossel
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Charles Richet
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Matthias Jakob Schleiden
1804 - 1881
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 35
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HPI: 67.40
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HPI: 66.97
Rank: 39
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1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 40
Vladimir Vernadsky
1863 - 1945
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 41
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1804, Matthias Jakob Schleiden ranks 10. Before him are Johann Strauss I, Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, Benjamin Disraeli, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Emil Lenz, and Allan Kardec. After him are Mongkut, Mikhail Glinka, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Richard Owen, Marie Taglioni, and Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi. Among people deceased in 1881, Matthias Jakob Schleiden ranks 8. Before him are Alexander II of Russia, Modest Mussorgsky, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Disraeli, Billy the Kid, and Lewis H. Morgan. After him are Jenny von Westphalen, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Thomas Carlyle, Auguste Mariette, Henri Vieuxtemps, and Nikolay Pirogov.
Others Born in 1804
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COMPOSER
1804 - 1849
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 4
Napoléon Louis Bonaparte
POLITICIAN
1804 - 1831
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 5
Benjamin Disraeli
POLITICIAN
1804 - 1881
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 6
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
PHYSICIST
1804 - 1891
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 7
Emil Lenz
PHYSICIST
1804 - 1865
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 8
Allan Kardec
OCCULTIST
1804 - 1869
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 9
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
BIOLOGIST
1804 - 1881
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 10
Mongkut
POLITICIAN
1804 - 1868
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 11
Mikhail Glinka
COMPOSER
1804 - 1857
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 12
Nathaniel Hawthorne
WRITER
1804 - 1864
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 13
Richard Owen
BIOLOGIST
1804 - 1892
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 14
Marie Taglioni
DANCER
1804 - 1884
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 15
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
MATHEMATICIAN
1804 - 1851
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 16
Others Deceased in 1881
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POLITICIAN
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 2
Modest Mussorgsky
COMPOSER
1839 - 1881
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 3
James A. Garfield
POLITICIAN
1831 - 1881
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 4
Benjamin Disraeli
POLITICIAN
1804 - 1881
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 5
Billy the Kid
MAFIOSO
1859 - 1881
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 6
Lewis H. Morgan
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1818 - 1881
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 7
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
BIOLOGIST
1804 - 1881
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 8
Jenny von Westphalen
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1814 - 1881
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 9
Louis Auguste Blanqui
PHYSICIAN
1805 - 1881
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 10
Thomas Carlyle
PHILOSOPHER
1795 - 1881
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 11
Auguste Mariette
POLITICIAN
1821 - 1881
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 12
Henri Vieuxtemps
COMPOSER
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 13
Nikolay Pirogov
BIOLOGIST
1810 - 1881
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 14
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Matthias Jakob Schleiden ranks 415 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Hausser (1880), Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), Karl Drais (1785), Anna Magdalena Bach (1701), Louise Mountbatten (1889), and Traudl Junge (1920). After him are Robert Ley (1890), Harald zur Hausen (1936), Jürgen Klopp (1967), Otto of Bavaria (1848), Arno Allan Penzias (1933), and Richard Willstätter (1872).
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MILITARY PERSONNEL
1880 - 1972
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 409
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1848 - 1916
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 410
Karl Drais
INVENTOR
1785 - 1851
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 411
Anna Magdalena Bach
SINGER
1701 - 1760
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 412
Louise Mountbatten
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1965
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 413
Traudl Junge
WRITER
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 414
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
BIOLOGIST
1804 - 1881
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 415
Robert Ley
POLITICIAN
1890 - 1945
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 416
Harald zur Hausen
BIOLOGIST
1936 - 2023
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 417
Jürgen Klopp
COACH
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 418
Otto of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1848 - 1916
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 419
Arno Allan Penzias
PHYSICIST
1933 - 2024
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 420
Richard Willstätter
CHEMIST
1872 - 1942
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 421
Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany
Among biologists born in Germany, Matthias Jakob Schleiden ranks 6. Before him are Ernst Haeckel (1834), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), Katherine Oppenheimer (1910), Theodor Schwann (1810), and Albrecht Kossel (1853). After him are Harald zur Hausen (1936), Hans Spemann (1869), Peter Simon Pallas (1741), August Weismann (1834), Ernst Mayr (1904), and Bernard Katz (1911).
Ernst Haeckel
1834 - 1919
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 1
Maria Sibylla Merian
1647 - 1717
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 2
Katherine Oppenheimer
1910 - 1972
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 3
Theodor Schwann
1810 - 1882
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 4
Albrecht Kossel
1853 - 1927
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 5
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
1804 - 1881
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 6
Harald zur Hausen
1936 - 2023
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 7
Hans Spemann
1869 - 1941
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 8
Peter Simon Pallas
1741 - 1811
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 9
August Weismann
1834 - 1914
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 10
Ernst Mayr
1904 - 2005
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 11
Bernard Katz
1911 - 2003
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 12