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Period: Jan 31, 1575 to
Cell Theory Timeline
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Jansen
He invented the first microscope. -
Redi
He was the first to challenge the idea of spontaneous generation. -
Hooke
Hooke discovered a honeycomb-like network of cellulae -
Leeuwenhoek
He discovered bacteria and protoza. He also invented a microscope. -
Trembley
He discovered the hydra and described it scientifically. -
Wolff
He came up with a generalized cell theory. -
Raspail
He was the first to state that every cell came from another cell. -
Dutrochet
He decided that new cells arise from within old ones. -
Turpin
He affirmed cells and decided that plant cells were formed by aggomelaration -
Mohl
Mohl discovered protoplasm for the stuff in the cell. -
Brown
He discovered the nucleus in plant cell. -
Meyen
Meyen believed the division of formed new cells. -
Schleiden
He discovered all plant tissues are composed of cells and the embryonic plant arose from a single. -
Schwann
He decided that animal tissue WAS composed of cells. -
Remak
He contributed that new animal cells came from bionary fission of preexisting cells. -
Virchow
He discovered that all cells develop only from existing cells -
Pasteur
he built classic experiments with flasks and bacteria placement. -
Mendel
He discovered the central role of chromosomes. -
Schneider
He found the process of cell division. -
Golgi
He discovered the Golgi apparatus/body.
