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Zacharias Janssen
Produced the first compound microscope by combining two convex lenses within a tube. -
Robert Hooke
Discovered the cellular composition of cork and introduced the word cell to science. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Polished lences of microscopes causing them to have better magnification. -
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek
He took a sample from his mouth and found bacteria in his saliva. -
Theodore Schwann
Discovered that animals where made up of cells. -
Rudolph Virchow
Sated that all living things come from other living things. -
Matthias Schleiden
He discovered that plants where made out of cells. -
3 Major Statements
All living organisms are composed of one or more cells, the cell is the basic unit of the organization of living things, and all cells come from pre-existing cells.
