Cell Theory Development

By Jonathan16

  • Hans and Zacharias Janssen

    Hans and Zacharias Janssen
    zacharias janssen is credited with creating the first microscope. he was also credited with the invention of the first telescope, although both inventions origins are up for debate. Hans, his father, is believed to have something to do with both inventions.

  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke coined the term cell. Hooke invented ways of controlling the height of microscopes. A self-educated child prodigy, he showed technical aptitude by recreating the entire inner workings of a clock out of wood, then assembling it to run. Hooke also taught himself technical drawing, a skill he used to capture observations through his microscope.

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek: 1670. described cells in a drop of pond water using a microscope.A Dutch businessman and a contemporary of Hooke. He also used microscopes and was aphysicist. He made his own fine quality lens for use in monocular microscopes and was thefirst person to observe bacteria and protozoa. Some of his lenses could magnify objects250 X

  • Mattias Schleiden

    Mattias Schleiden Cell theory refers to the idea that cells are the basic unit of structure in everyliving thing. Development of this theory during the mid 17th century was made possible byadvances in microscopy. This theory is one of the foundations of biology. The theory says thatnew cells are formed from other existing cells, and that the cell is a fundamental unit of structure,function and organization in all living organisms.idea.

  • Rudolph Virchow

    Rudolph Virchow:In 1848, he was sent to Upper Silesia ( which today is part of Poland) to investigate the outbreak of typhus which had reached epidemic status. Virchow's report included information on geography, social norms, living conditions, and medical practices. He covered case histories and treatments.