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JansenJansen was supposedly the first to invent a compound microscope, which could be used to see cells in the future.
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HookeHooke was the first person to discover cells, of which he found in a dead plant; this however means they were not live cells.
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First to discover the falsities of the commonly thought-to-be-correct idea of spontaneous generation.
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LeeuwenhoekFirst to see a live cell under his patented microscope; it was within an animal's body and was documented as moving around.
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TrembleyFirst to develop the experimental zoology, a science concerning animals, cells, and biology.
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WolffDiscovered "Wolffion," or primitive kidneys.
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Turpin drew renowned water-color drawings of biological specimens.
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Discovered many parts of the cell; the nucleus, cytoplasm, etc.
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MeyenWrote first review of plant anatomy.
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SchwannDiscovered the nature of yeast, pepsin, and his Schwann cells.
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Discovered osmosis, respiration, and embyology.
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SchleidenFirst to write on phytogenesis.
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First to deal with cycods, tree ferns, and isoetes.
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Organized cells into ectoderm, mosoderm, and endoderm.
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First description of cell division and its stages.
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Discovered Leukemia cells.
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Founder of the cell theory; coined the phrase "Omnis Cellula e Cellula."
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PasteurMain supporter of the germ theory of disease.
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MendelFirst to vividly study genetics and inheritance of traits.
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GolgiDiscovered Golgi bodies and many nervous system operations.
