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Hans and Zacharias Janssen
Produced the first compound microscope by combining two convex lenses within a tube -
Robert Hooke
Discovered the cellular composition of cork and introduced the word cell to science -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Improved magnification of microscopes by polishing lenses -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
"Animacules" were discovered -
Matthias Schleiden
Discovered the plants were made up of cells -
Theodor Schwann
Discovered that animals were made up of cells
