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Robert Hooke
after observing a cork under a microscope Hooke named what he saw , "cells" because it reminded him of the tiny rooms in a jail of monastery (he discovered the cell)
Method os discovery : using a miscroscope -
anton von leewenhoek
anton improved the magnification of microscopes by polishing the lenses he also discovered single-celled organisms (unicellular bacteria) -
Henry Dutrochet
Discovered that all living things are made up of cells Method of discovery: based off of previous studies -
Felix Dujardin
After observing the jelly-like fluid in cells , he named them sarcode. now known as protoplasm , it is also called cytoplasm or cytosol. Method of discovery :studied organisms under a microscope -
Matthias Schleiden
Matthias observed and proposed that all plants and plant parts are made up of cells ("phytogenesis" - the idea that all parts of a plant consist of cells or their derivatives) Method of discovery: studied medicine and botany , and those studeies led him to his conclusion -
Theodor Schwann
Schwann observed and proposed that all animals and all of the parts that make up an animal are made up of cells He extended Schleiden's cell theory to animals -
Rudolf Virchow
Stated that all cells come from the division of preexisiting cells
