Cell Theory

By cbrady2
  • Microscope Invented

    Microscope Invented

    Janssen inveted microscope. We wouldn't be able to see cells without it.
  • Cells Dicovered

    Cells Dicovered

    Robert Hooke first talked about cells while observing cork
  • Improved microscope lenses

    Improved microscope lenses

    Antoni van Leeuwenhoek learned to grind lenses and to assemble them into simple microscopes.
  • Bacteria discovered

    Bacteria discovered

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek discovered and discussed about bacteria
  • Exposing soup to air

    Exposing soup to air

    John Needham, a Scottish clergy man, showed that soup that had been exposed to the air contained many micro organisms.
  • Fixing soup expirements

    Fixing soup expirements

    Lazzaro Spallanzani, an italian abbot and biologist, did quite a few expirements on Needham's work over the soup and air. He determined that soup in a sealed container was sterile and that micro organisms that caused the soup to spoil had entered from the air
  • Cell nucleus discovered

    Cell nucleus discovered

    Robert Brown discovered cell nucleus
  • Cell theory first discussed

    Cell theory first discussed

    In 1838, cell theory was first enunciated but it was not yet the cell theory.
  • Organisms composed of cells

    Organisms composed of cells

    Schwahnn proposed that all organisms are composed of cells.Together with Matthias Schleiden he formed the cell theory of life.Schwahnn also discovered the cells, now known as Schwann cells, that form a sheath surrounding nerve axons and conducted expirements that helped disprove the theory of spontaneous generation.
  • Cell theory created

    Cell theory created

    Theodor Schwann and Matthias Schleiden created what is called the cell theory.The cell theory states that all living things are made up of one or more cells.
  • Leukemia cells

    Rudolph Virchow was the one to recognize leumekia cells