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Zacharias Janssen
He was a Dutch spectacle maker, and lived in the 1600's. He was famous for making a compound telescope and telescope. -
Robert Hooke
He was an English natural philosopher architect and polymath in the 17th century. He was famous for discovering cells. It was first called animalcules but changed to cells. He called them cells because he saw chambers in the cork. -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
He was a Dutch businessmen and scientist in the Golden Age of Dutch science and technology. He was famous for making his own microscope by discovering bacteria into his dental scraping. -
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
He was a German botanist and the co-founder of the cell theory. He was famous for creating the theory that plants are made of cells. -
Rudolf Virchow
He was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He was famous for developing the cell theory. Known as the "Father of Pathology." -
Theodor Schwann
He was a German physiologist in the 1800's. He was famous for creating the theory that all animals are made of cells. -
Robert Remak
He was a Jewish Polish-German physiologist. He was famous for creating the theory that all cells come from pre-existing cells. -
Endosymbiotic theory
Is a theory that explains the origin of the eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic organisms. There are other organelles involved like mitochondria in animals and fungi and chloroplasts from plants. -
Lynn Margulis
She was an American biologist theorist, and science author, educator, and popularizer. She was famous for discovering the endosymbiotic theory.