Matt's cell theory timelime

Aristotle

350

350 BC Founded nature of life and said cells all living things have cells and thus are similar. came up with first idea of cell theory. picture from http://prezi.com/ctoo0ykyafky/the-cell-theory-and-the-scientists-that-contributed-toward-this-theory/

Jsn Baptist van Helmont

Jan 1, 1577

Created spontaneous generation. picture from http://www.creationstudies.org/operationsalt/spontaneous-generation.html

Zacharias Jansen

Jan 1, 1595

Created first microscope. People could look closer at cells

Robert Hooke

Jan 1, 1665

Discovered cellular composition of cork, introduced word cell. People started to study cells

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Oct 21, 1674

Improved magnification of cells. People could now see cells up close. Picture from http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/museum/leeuwenhoek.html

Anton van Leeuwenhoek Bacteria

Jan 1, 1683

discovered bacteria from siliva. Showed that cells looked different and did different things

Lorez Oken

Jan 1, 1805

made futher advances in the priori principle

Robert Brown

Jan 1, 1818

Discovered nucleuses. picture from http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/nucleus/nucleus.html

Matthias Schleiden

Jan 1, 1838

Matthias discovered that plants were made of cells. This showed living things were made of cells. Picture from http://earthsky.org/human-world/nate-lewis-on-artificial-photosynthesis

Theodor Schwann

Jan 1, 1839

He discovered animals have cells. Picture from http://www.docbrown.info/page20/2edexb2t1.htm

Albrecht von Roelliker

Jan 1, 1840

Discovers sperm and eggs are also cells.

Louis Pasteur

Jan 1, 1850

Disproved spontanious generation. picture from http://childofthecornx.livejournal.com/19219.html

Rudolf Virchow

Jan 1, 1855

Said all living things came from one another. picture from http://designyoutrust.com/2011/08/young-animals-photographs/