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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
October 24, 1632 was when he was born. -
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke invented the microscope, in 1665, but on July 18, 1635 he was born. -
Jan Swammerdam
The date above is when Jan was born. He was a Dutch biologist and microscopist. In 1668, he was the first to observe and describe red blood cells. -
Felice Fontana
The date above is when Felice was born. Fontana was an Italian physicist who discovered the water gas shift reaction in 1780. -
Robert Brown
The date shown is when Robert was born. His contributions include the discovery of the cell nucleus and cytoplasmic streaming -
Henri Dutrochet
The date above is when he was born. Dutrochet was a French physician, botanist and physiologist. Henri is known for discovering and naming osmosis. -
Jan Evangelista Purkyne
The date above is when Jan Evangelista Purkyne was born. Jan is best known for discovering Purkinje cells, in 1837. -
Felix Dujardin
The date shown is when he was born. Felix is remembered for his research of protozoans and other invertebrates. -
Matthias Schleiden
The date shown is when Matthias was born. He stated that all plants are made of cells. -
Theodor Schwann
December 7 1810, is when Theodor was born. He invented the cell theory. -
Rudolf Virchow
The date above, is when Rudolf was born. Virchow was known for being a German doctor, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician. He is known for his advancement of public health. -
Camillo Golgi
The date above is when Camillo Golgi was born. He discovered a method of staining nervous tissue which would stain a limited number of cells at random, in their entirety. -
Janet Plowe
I couldn't find any date information on Janet Plowe, also I couldn't find any picutres of her. I did find some research about Plowe though. She helped develop the cell theory. She also demonstrated that the cell membrane is a physical structure. -
Lynn Margulis
The date that is shown above is when Lynn Margulis was born. She is best known for her theory on the origin of eukaryotic organelles. -
Carl Benda
I could only find a picture of Carl, I couldn't find any information on him.