DIscovery of Cells

  • Hans and Zacharias Janssen

    Hans and Zacharias Janssen
    Made the first compound microscope
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke
    Discovered cellular compostion of a cork
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    Imporved magnification
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Animacules discovered
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Discoverd bacteria from saliva in his mouth
  • Matthias Schleiden

    Matthias Schleiden
    Plants are made up of cells
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann
    Animals are made up of cells
  • Rudolph VIrchow

    Rudolph VIrchow
    All living things come from other living things