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First microscope invented
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Robert Hooke uses a cork to see first cells
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Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek discovers first microscopic life using pond water
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Robert Brown discovered the nucleus of cells
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Matthias Schleiden discovered cells are the basic unit that makes up plants
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Theodor Schwann discovered animals are made up of cells meaning all life is made up of cells
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Rudolf Virchow established that all cells come from preexisting cells
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Friedrich Miescher discovered DNA
