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1500
Hans and Zacharias Janssen
later 1500's /Father and Son Dutch eyeglass -
Robert Hooke
Hooke was the first to identify cells, and he named them. -
Aton Van Leeuwenhoek
Because he made better lenses he observed cells in greater detail -
Matthias Schleiden
He concluded that all living things are made of cells. -
Theodor Schwann
He was the first to note that plants are made of cells. -
Rudolph Virchow
He proposed that all cells come from other cells.