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Hans and Zacharias Janssen
Father and son worked together to create the first compound microscope. -
Robert Hooke
Discovered the cellular composition of a cork and introduced the word "cell" to science -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Observed the first living cells in pond water using a handmade microscope. -
Karl Rudolphi and JFK Link
Awarded a prize for "solving the problem of the nature" They proved that cells had independent walls. -
Henri Dutrochet
Discovered the process of osmosis and discovered cell biology -
Matthias Schleiden
Came up with the theory that cells are the basic building blocks of all plants after proposing the idea that all plant tissue is composed of cells -
Theodore Schwann
Discovered that animal tissue is also composed of cells and he also organized previous developments into one theory. -
Rudolph Virchow
Added the third part to the cell theory stating that all cells can only develop from other cells
