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375 BCE
Aristotle
invented science as a field of study from observations of the natural world
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Zacharias Jansen-
Invented the microscope
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Jan Baptist van Helmont
Improved the microscope
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Robert Hooke
Coined the term cell, and discovered the cell nucleus in plants supported -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Invented lenses that can magnify to 270
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Lorenz Oken
“All living organisms originate and consist of cells”
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Matthias Schleiden
Discovered the importance of the cell nucleus
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Theodor Schwann
Did experiments to disprove spontaneous generation
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Robert Brown
Discovered the cell nucleus supported -
Albrecht von Koelliker
Interpreted the developing embryo in terms of cell theory. Established cell theory. Rejected -
Louis Pasteur
Cell can only come from preexisting cells rejected -
Rudolf Virchow
Division of cells happens from preexisting cells
Rejected