Digital Cell Theory Sara Stone Period 8

  • Robert Hooke

    Discovered cells
  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

    Considered to be the first microbiologist
  • Robert Virchow

    He discovered where internal organs are located.
  • Matthais Schlieden

    Looked at plants under a microscope. Discovered they had cells.
  • Theodore Schwann

    First to see an animal cell under a microscope
  • Zacharias Janssen

    Invented the first compound microscope.
  • Modern Cell Theory

    • All living organisms are composed of cells. They may be unicellular or multicellular.
    • The cell is the basic unit of life.
    • Cells arise from pre-existing cells.