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Fransico Redi 1626-1697
Francisco Redi was a Italian physician and poet who found that maggots in meat does not result in spontanious generation. -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek 1632-1723
Anton Van Leeuwhoek created single lens microscopes to make the first observations of bacteria and protoza. -
Robert Hooke 1635-1703
Robert Hooke is known for his discovery of elasticity. the cell was also first discoverd and named by Robert in 1665. -
Rudolf Virchow 1821-1902
Rudolf said that each cell comes from another cell, which became a concept for theory. -
Matthias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann
Mattias and Theodore cofounded the cell theory. Schleiden defined the cell as the basic unit of plant structure, later Schwann defined the cell as the basic unit of animal structure. -
Louis Pasteur 1864
Louis is best known for pasteurization, pasteurization kills microbes and prevents spoilage in foods and drinks. -
James HIllier and Albert Prebus 1938
james and albert created every component of their microscope from scratch.