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Zacharias Janssen (1580-1638)
Invented first ever compound microscope 1595. He along with three other people invented the telescope in 1608. He was tried multiple times for counterfeiting coins. He was caught with multiple devices he used to make these fake coins and usually would have been sentenced to death but the Arnemuiden bailiff was an acessory he was not sentenced to death. -
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Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
Hooke had worked on the law of Elasticity and created the balance spring which was used in watches to keep time more accurately. Hooke helped rebuild london after the fire of 1666 and was a member of the Royal Society. -
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)
Antoine improved the microscope substantially in 1664. he improved the microscope so it could magnify around 200x instead of the usual 20-30x magnification. His microscope was single lensed so it was less of a hassle and easier to use. He guarded his secret to how he made these brilliant microscopes. -
Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Carl was a botanist, a zooligist, and a physician. He published an edition of his Systema Naturae in the Netherlands. He then went to Uppsala University and gave lectures in botany and studied medicine. He went on many journeys to Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. He was one of the most acclaimed scientists in the world when he died in 1778. -
Matthias Schleiden (1804-1881)
Schleiden was a bottanist that preferred to study under the microscope. He was also trained in law in Hamburg. He concluded that all plants are made up of cells in 1838. He also recognized the importance of the cell nucleus. He died in Frankfurt am Main on June,1881. -
Theodor Schwann (1810-1882)
Schwann was a German physiologist. His substantial work helped create the Cell Theory (Cell Doctrine). He also discovered pepsin and named a cell after himself (Schwann Cells). Schwann also discovered the organic nature of yeast. -
Rudolf Virchow (1831-1902)
Rudolf was a german medical doctor, anthropologist, pathologist, writer, editor, and a biologist. He stated that new cells are formed only from existing cells in 1855. He was the first man to recognize leukemia cells. He,Schwann, and Schleiden concluded that all living things are made up of cells. -
Alfred Wallace (1823-1913)
Alfred was a naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and a biologist. He is known for conceiving the theory of evoloution singlehandedly. Wallace supplied Darwin with different species of birds for his studies. He shared his theory of eveloution with darwin, and they were both shocked when both of there theories basically matched up. -
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Charles was mainly known for his contributions to the evoloution theory, which he called "selective breeding". He joined up with Wallace to show their findings. Darwin turned down the oppurtunity to get a medical education because he was so interested with nature. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history.
