Micro06

Important Events in Understanding the Cell Theory

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    Important events in the development of the cell theory

  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    Hooke designs a microscope and discovers structures in cork that he terms "cells".
  • Francesco Redi

    Francesco Redi

    After experimentation, Redi theorizes that flies do not arise spontaneously from rotting meat, but come from other flies.
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek

  • Marrhias Schleiden

    Marrhias Schleiden

    "All plants are made of cells."
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann

    "All animals are made up of cells."
  • Rudolf Virchow

    Rudolf Virchow

    "All cells come from cells."
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    Microorganisms do not arise spontaneously in a flask of sterilized broth, unless it is exposed to air.