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Anton, Born
Born in Delft, Netherlands -
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Anton Van Leeuwnhoek
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Robert Hooke
Born in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom -
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Robert Hooke
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Anton Background
best known for his work on the improvement of the microscope and for his contributions towards the establishment of microbiology. -
Microscopes
inspired the use of microscopes for scientific exploration with his book, Micrographia. -
Cells
Hooke looked at the bark of a cork tree and observed its microscopic structure. -
Nodal Patterns
Hooke observed the nodal patterns associated with the modes of vibration of glass plates -
Leeuwenhoek improved microscopes
Leeuwenhoek made more than 500 optical lenses. He also created at least 25 single-lens microscopes, of differing types, of which only nine survived. -
Robert Hooke
Died in London, United Kingdom -
Anton Died
Died in Delft, Netherlands -
Matthais Schleiden Born
Born in, Hamburg, Germany -
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Matthais Scleiden
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Schwann Born
Born in Neuss, Germany -
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Theodor Schwann
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Rudolf Virchow born
Born in Świdwin, Poland -
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Rudolf Virchow
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Scleiden's interests
practiced law in Hamburg but soon developed his hobby of botany into a full-time pursuit. -
Schwann's dicoveries
cells in the peripheral nervous system, the discovery and study of pepsin, the discovery of the organic nature of yeast, and the invention of the term metabolism. -
Matthais Schleiden Died
Died in Frankfurt, Germany -
Theodor Schwann died
Died in Cologne, Germany -
Virchow's death
Died: Sep 05, 1902 · Berlin, Germany
