-
In the 1600's Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek observes unicellular organisms after creating his own microscope. He discovered Bacteria and called them animalcules. -
In the 1600's Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke first observes the cell. He created the word cell as he thought the cells looked like the cells that the monasteries used to sleep in. -
In the 1800's Mattius Schleiden
Mattius Schleiden realises all plants are made of cells. He was a botanist who thought that every single one of them that he looked at had cells -
Around 1800's Theodore Schwann
Around the same time as Mattius Schleiden, Theodore Schwann realised that all the animals he had ever taken a look at were made of cells -
Around 1800's
Rudolf Virchow proposes that all cells come from other cells. This information was "borrowed without permission" from another scientist.
