cell theory

  • Hans and Zacharias Janssen

    Invented the first compound microscope
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    Evolution of the cell theory

  • Robert Hooke

    He looked at cork which is dead tree bark from the cork oak tree which is made up of dead cells and he discovered cells.
  • Francesco Redi

    He proved that spontaneous generation isn't real and was just a dumb thought.
  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

    first person to look at bacteria with a microscope he made himself.
  • John Needham

    he claimed that everything inorganic that had access to air and oxygen was alive.
  • Lazzaro Spallanzani

    he discovered that soup that was closed in a container has no micro organisms.
  • Robert Brown

    discovered nucleus.