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Microscope invented
Zacharis Jannson invents the first microscope which helped because you can only see cells with a microscope -
First Cells Seen
Using a primitive version of a microscope Robert Hooke he saw some dead cells on a cork and using the latin word cella or small rooms because of the small compartments he called them cells. -
First living cells seen
Using custom microscope lenses Anton van Leeuwenhoek sees the first living cells in some pond water -
Center of cells seen
Matthias Jakob Schleiden discovers the nucleus of plant cells -
Cell Theory Made
Theodon Schwann thought that both plants and animals are composed of cells and made a theory that said 1- all organisms are composed of at least one cell and 2- cells are the basic unit of structure and function for living things. -
An Addition to the Cell Theory
Rudolf Virchow added to the cell theory that all cells only come from other cells.