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Marcello Malpighi
Found the connection between Arteries and Veins -
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke came up with the word cell when he was looking at a cork under a microscope. He thought that all the small compartments of the cork looked like cells. He did not try to discover it any further. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the first person to look at a live cell under a microscope and called the cells, animalcules, because in his opinion they looked like little animals. -
Henri Dutrochet
IN 1824, Henri Dutrochet came to the fact that all living things were made up of cells. -
Robert Brown
In 1831, Robert Brown discovered the Nucleus. He had studied multiple plants and made a up a term for the slighty opaque spot that other scientists ignored. -
Felix Dujardin
Feliz Dujardin discovered the protoplasm. Contradicting to other scientists he said that animal cells weren't hollow and that they contained sarcodes which was then later renamed to cytoplasm. -
Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann
In 1838, Matthias Schleiden and Theoder Schwann worked together to publish a report which stated the first two components of cell theory.- All organisms are composed of one or more cells
- The cell is the basic unit of structure and organization in organisms
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Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Virchow discovered the third component of the cell theory, all cells come from pre-existing cells.
