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Hans and Zacharias Janssen
Invented the compound microscope. -
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Timespan of cell theorists
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Robert Hooke
Looked at cork under a microscope and came up with the term cell. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Looked at dental scrapings under a microscope and discovered bacteria, in which he called animacules. -
Matthias Schleiden
Discovered plants are made of cells. -
Theodor Schwann
Discovered that animals are made of cells. -
Rudolph Virchow
Stated that all cells come from other living cells.
