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1st microscope
zachariah Jansen invented the first compound microscope -
creation of the term cell
created the term cell from the compartments he observed in corck tissue -
microscope improved, cells found
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek a Dutch tradesman, learned to grind lenses and assemble them into simple microscopes. In 1678, he told the Royal Society that he had discovered "little animals" Robert Hooke confirmed Leeuwenhoek's findings -
nucleus
John Brown wasthe first to recognize the nucleus as an essential constituent of living cells. He recognized the general occurrence of the nucleus in these cells and apparently thought of the organization of the plant in terms of cellular constituents. -
idea of cell theory
cell theory is the idea that everything is made of cells -
cells are the same
Matthias Jakob Schleiden looked at numerous plant samples and he recognize that all plants, are composed of cells. While having dinner with zoologist Theodor schwann concluded the same thing while studying animal tissues. Then they released "Microscopic Investigations on the Accordance in the Structure and Growth of the cell theory: All living things are made up of cells. -
tissue
albert von Roelliker was the firs to describe tissues -
scientific method
Louis Pasteur wanted to disprove spontaneous generation with a now-classic experiment that established the cell theory and made basic steps of the modern scientific method. -
everything is from alive cells
Rudolf Virchow extended the work of Schleiden and Schwann by proposing that all living cells must be created from pre-existing cells. -
first clasifications
Aristottle drawn to animal classification in order to discover aspects of connection between the soul and the human body. Some of his animal classifications still stand today.
