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Scientists in History
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Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke is born / dicovers plant cells by looking at a piece of cork tissue. -
Jan Swammerdam
Began to map out how female genitalia works; discovered ovaries. Discovered nerve function, and that the circulatory system is not necessarily for movement. Discovred that muscles volume does not increase as it contracts. -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
(Do not rely on date, only year) He discovers bacteria, yeast plants, explains circulation of blood. Discovers how to make microscope lenses better. -
Felice Fontana
(Year correct, not date) Investigated human eye and discovered water-gas shift reaction. -
Felix Dujarden
(Date is birthday, not discovery date) Researched protozoans and other invertabrates. -
Henry Dutrochet
Investigated osmosis, respiration, embryology, and effect of life on plants. Given credit for discovering cell biology, -
Robert Brown
(Correct year, not date) Discovered cell nucleus and cytoplasmic streaming. First observation of Brownian movement. -
Theodor Schwann
Helped develop cell theory, discovered of Schwann and peripheral nervous system, discovered of pepsin. -
Matthias Schleiden
(Do not rely on date, only year) Famous botanist and microbiologist. Helped create cell theory. -
Rudolph Virchow
First recognized leukemia cells. Also got on to cell division, which he plagiarized from Robert Remak, -
Carl Benda
(Correct year, not date) Introduced the notion of mitochondria. -
Janet Plowe
One of the first to discover cell membranes. -
Lynn Margulis
(Do not rely on date, only year) Best known for her theory on the origin of eukaryotic organelles, snd her contribution to endosymbiotic theory.
