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Hans and Zacharias Jenssen
Made the first compound microscope -
Robert Hooke
He discovered the cellular composition of cork. He also introduced the word cell. -
Robert Hooke
Made a different microscope from the one that Hans and Zacharias made. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
He discovered bacteria from a sample of stuff from his teeth. -
Matthias Schleiden
Discovered that plants were made up of cells -
Theodor Schwann
Discovered that animals were made up of cells. -
Rudolph Virchow
He stated that all living things come from other living things. He wrote a book about it, but Sir Isaac Newton did too. Since everybody knew Sir Isaac Newton they bought his book and Rudolph didn't sell any.
