Science CELL Timeline By monipolski Jan 1, 1590 Optical Microscope optical microscope Aug 24, 1632 Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek Antonie Van LeeuwenhoekDiscovered Protozao First red blood cell description Jul 28, 1635 Robert Hooke Robert Hooke First person to discover cells Jan 1, 1665 Cell Theory Cell Theory Apr 5, 1804 Matthias Schleiden Matthias Schleiden Founder of the cell theory Dec 7, 1810 Theodor Schwan Theodor Schwan Developed the cell theory with Matthias Schleiden Oct 13, 1821 Rudolf Virchow Rudolf VirchowCellular pathology Jan 1, 1931 Electron Microscope Electron Microscope Jan 1, 1935 Scanning Electron Microscope Scanning Electron Microscope Jan 1, 1986 Atomic Force Microscopy Atomic Force Microscopy