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Hans and Zacharias Janssen
produced the first compound microscope by combining two convex lenses within a tube -
Robert Hooke
discovered the cellular composition of cork and introduced the word cell to science -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
improved magnification of microscopes by polishing lenses -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
"animacules" were discovered -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
discovered bacteria from a sample of saliva from his mouth -
Matthias Schleiden
discovered the plants were made up of cells -
Theodor Schwann
discovered that animals were made up of cells -
Rudolph Virchow
stated that all living things come from other living things
