Cell Theory Timeline

  • Hans and Zacharias Janssen

    Hans and Zacharias Janssen
    produced first compund microscope
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke
    Found cells and came up with the term of cells
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    discovered bacteria
  • Matthias Schleiden

    Matthias Schleiden
    discovered that plant parts are made of cells
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann
    discovered that animal parts are made of cells
  • Rudolph Virchow

    Rudolph Virchow
    stated that all living cells come only from other living cells