cell

  • Hans and Zacharias Janssen

    Hans and Zacharias Janssen
    produced the first compound microscope by combining two convex lenses within a tube
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke
    discovered the cellular composition of cork and introduced the word cell to science
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    improved magnification of microscopes by polishing lenses
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    "animacules" were discovered
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    discovered bacteria from a sample of saliva from his mouth
  • Matthias Schleiden

    Matthias Schleiden
    discovered the plants were made up of cells
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann
    discovered that animals were made up of cells
  • Rudolph Virchow

    Rudolph Virchow
    stated that all living things come from other living things
  • modern theory

    modern theory
    1. All living things are made up of cells.
    2. Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things.
    3. Living cells come only from other living cells.
  • links

    Cell Theory. (n.d.). Retrieved September 21, 2015.