Cell Theory

  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke
    Robert Hooke discorered the cell
  • Antony van Leeuwenhoek

    Antony van Leeuwenhoek
    Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovered Bactereia
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann
    In 1839, Schwann and Schleiden suggested that cells were the basic unit of life. Their theory accepted the first two tenets of modern cell theory
  • Mathew Schlediden

    Mathew Schlediden
    He has contributed with adding to the cell theory by saying that all plants are made of cells.
  • Rudolph Virchow

    Rudolph Virchow
    Virchow’s greatest accomplishment was his observation that a whole organism does not get sick only certain cells or groups of cells.
  • Hans and Zacharias Janse (brothers)

    Hans and Zacharias Janse (brothers)
    Hans and Zacharias Janse (brothers) invented the microscope,