-
Birth of Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek was born on October 24th, 1632. He is well known as the "Father of Microscopy" -
Period: to
Cell Theory Timeline
-
Hooke's Birth
Hooke's birth was on July 18th 1635 at Freshwater, on the Isle of Wight, the son of a churchman.He wrote and published “Micrographia” And was known as the “English Father of Microscopy” -
Leeunhoek apprenticed
Leeunhoek was apprenticed in a linen-draper's shop in 1648 -
Leeunhoek's Return
He returned to his home town to spend the rest of his life -
Leeuwenhoek's animalcules discovery
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek looked at pond scum under a microscope and discovered small organism he called animalcules or little animals (Protists) -
Leeunhoek's First Pond Scum Letter
In a letter, Leeuwenhoek described observations on lake water, including an excellent description of the green charophyte alga -
Leeuwenhoek's Bacteria discovery
Leeuwenhoek Discovered bacteria -
Leeunhoek's Plaque
Leeuwenhoek wrote to the Royal Society about his observations on the plaque between his own teeth -
Hooke's Death
Hooke died on March 3rd, 1703 at the age of 70. But not before he accomplished things such as:
- He observed pieces of cork from the bark of a cork tree under the microscope.
- His observations led him to coin the word “cell.”
- “Cell”- means little rooms in Latin
- He compared the small boxes to the small rooms that monks lived in. -
Death of Leeuwenhoek
He died at the age of 90, on August 26, 1723 and was buried four days later in the Oude Kerk (Delft). -
Matthias Schleiden's Birth
Matthias Schleiden was born on April 5th, 1804. He discovered that al plants are made of cells. He was a German Botanist. He also contributed to the creation of the cell theory. -
Theodor Schwann's Birth
Theodor Schwann was born on December 7th, 1810. The german zoologist. He concluded that all animals were made of cells. He also contributed to the creation of the cell theory. -
Rudolph Virchow's Birth
Rudolph Virchow was born on October 18th, 1821. He was a german pathologist. He is known as the “Father of Pathology.” He discovered that all living cells come only from other living cells. -
Matthias Schleiden's Death
Died at the age of 77 -
Rudolph Virchow's Death
