Cells

Digital Cell Theory Timeline

By claytlib

  • Zacharias Janssen

    Zacharias Janssen
    Zacharias Janssen invented the first compound microscope by putting two convex lenses in a tube none. (n.d.). Cell Theory page page. Retrieved September 18th, 2015 from http://www.cpschools.com/schools/osm/theory.htm

  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke
    Robert Hooke discovered cells as the building blocks of life while examining a peice of cork. He wrote a book about his theory of the cell and it was published in 1665. Source:
    House, Paul. (September 9th, 2009) Robert Hooke and The Discovery of the Cell page. Retrieved September 20, 2015 from http://www.science-of-aging.com/timelines/hooke-history-cell-discovery.php

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    Anton van Leeuwenhoek created a more practical microcope which was able to magnify more than Janssen's. Leeuwenhoek also was the first to see bacteria and be able to describe it. Source:
    none. (n.d.). Contributions to Cell Theory page. Retrieved September 20, 2015 from https://www.preceden.com/timelines/46013-contributions-to-cell-theory

  • Matthias Schleiden

    Matthias Schleiden
    Matthias Schleiden studied plants under microscopes and discovered that plant were made of cells. He also recognized that cells had different parts and that the nucleus was very important. Source:
    Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. (November 11th, 2014). Matthias Jacob Schleiden page. Retrieved September 20, 2015 from http://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthias-Jacob-Schleiden

  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann
    Theodor Schwann was a zoologist and discovered that all animals were made out of cells by studying different types of animal tissue. Source:
    none. (n.d.). Theodor Schwann page. Retrieved September 20, 2015 from http://www.famousscientists.org/theodor-schwann/

  • Rudolph Virchow

    Rudolph Virchow
    Virchow discovered that cells come from other existing cells while he was doing experiments with disease. Source:
    none. (n.d.). Rudolph Virchow page. Retreived on September 20th, 2015 from http://www.famousscientists.org/rudolf-virchow/

  • Modern Cell Theory

    Modern Cell Theory
    1. All living things are made up of cells
    2. Cells are the basic units of structure and function of living things
    3. Living cells come only from other living cells