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Galileo Galilei created the first microscope
Galileo an Italian physicist and astronomer created the first microscope. -
Robert Hooke named the cell
One day Hooke a British scientists looked into a slice of a cork with a microscope. He saw tiny honeycomb look alikes and then named them cells. This is how we got our name from cells. -
Anton Van leeuwenhoek
Anton Van leeuwenhoek improvised the first microscope and saw living organisms. -
Matthias Schleiden
In 1838 Matthias Schleiden said that all plant tissues are made of cells. -
Theodre Schwann
In 1839 Theodre Schwann said all animal tissues are made of cells -
Carl Heinrich Bras
Carl revised the cell theory with the idea that cells are the basic unit of life. -
Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf concluded that all cells come from other cells. -
The three parts of the cell theory
1- All organisms are composed of cells.
2- Cells are alive and the basic living units of organization in all organisms.
3- All cells come from other cells ( not included in timeline just for other step of project
