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Janson
Invented the world's first compound microscope -
Hooke
Very first to discover the cell in March1, 1653. He discovered it using a microscope -
Redi
Proved the theory of spontanious generation wrong and proved that cells can only come from like cells -
Leeuwenhoek
He made ultra-magnification lenses and was the first to observe bacteria -
Trembley
Discovered cell division and found out profound things about how plant reproductio works -
Wolff
He came up with the generalized cell theory -
Dutrochet
Stated that cells are te basic building blocks of life -
Turpin
Observed cell division -
Meyen
Investigated the contents of the cell -
Brown
Discovered the cell nucleus and cytoplasmic streaming -
Raspail
Coined the phrase that all cells come from pre-existing cells -
Schwann
Created the cell theory that states that all living things are made up of cells -
Mohl
Describes the process of Mytosis in plant cells -
Schleiden
Helped create cell theory that states that all things are made of cells -
Virchow
-Published that every cell comes from another cell
-Theorized that all diseases are caused by changes in normal cells
-Discovered a way to isolate the cell membrane and prove that it divides the cell (With Remak) -
Remak
Develops the method to isolate the cell membrane and proves that it seperates the cell -
Mendal
Tracked genetic changes -
Pasteur
Discovered that micro-organisms spoiled food and not just that things spoiled on their own. Created the heating process of pasteurization. -
Golgi
Invented a method of staining cells called 'Black Reaction' and discovered Golgi bodies -
Schneider
Observed chromosomes inside of a cell during cell division -
Resources
These are websites (links) that you can find most of the information on because it wouldn't let me add the links on the events http://library.thinkquest.org/28599/timeline.htm
http://www.timeline-help.com/the-cell-theory-timeline.html
http://science-of-aging.healthaliciousness.com/timelines/cell-history-timeline.php
http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/23002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_theory