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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.