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Robert Hooke
The cell was first discovered and named by Robert Hook back in 1665. -
Francesco Redi
Fancesco Redi did an experiment to test the creation of maggots by placing fresh meat into two different jars. That is how he discovered maggots. -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek,
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek had discovered a bacteria in 1676. -
Matthias Schleiden
Matthias Schleiden said that the cell is the basic unit of plant structure. A year later he said that the cell is the basic unit of animal structure. -
Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Virchow said that all living cells arise from pre-existing living cells. -
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur invented Pasteurization. Pasteurization kills microbes. He also developed vaccines for chicken cholera, anthrax, and rabies. -
James HIllier
James Hillier invented and designed the first successful high-resolution electron microscope.