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First to describe microorganisms in a drop of pond water
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Hooke founds and names cells, first to view cells through a microscope and publishes his book "Micrographia", which contains his drawings of cork cells
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1668 observed and described red blood cells
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discovered the process of cell osmosis
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Schleiden concludes that all plants are made up of cells
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Schleiden concludes that all plants are made up of cells
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Virchow concludes that all cells come from existing cells, completing the cell theory
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Plowe demonstrates that a cell membrane is a physical structure, not an interface between two liquids
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Margulis proposes the idea that certain organelles were once free-living cells themselves
