Theory

Cell Theory

  • Nov 11, 1500

    Spontaneous Generation

  • Zacharias Jansen

    Zacharias Jansen

    Jansen is credited for developing the first optical telscope. Now cells could start being seen.
  • Jan Baptist van Helmont

    Jan Baptist van Helmont

    Helmont identified carbon dioxide.
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    Hooke discovers the cell by looking at a thin piece of cork magnified at 50x. Now the development of the cell theory starts. He published his book titled Micrographia, a book describing his microscopic and telescopic observations.
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Antoni made modifications to previous made microscopes that could only magnify 20 to 30 times their size. They could now measure up to 200 times their size. He was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa.
  • Lorenz Oken

    Lorenz Oken

    Oken came up with a new system of animal classification that demonstrated the path of evolution.
  • Robert Brown

    Robert Brown

    Brown is the first to recognize the nucleus.
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann

    Schwann discovered Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. He said that all living things are composed of cells and cell products.Also invented the term metabolism.
  • Matthias Schleiden

    Matthias Schleiden

    Schleiden helps in the establishment of the cell theory with the help of Theodor Shwann. He also states that cells are the building blocks of all plants. Recognized the importance of the cell nucleus and wrote a book titled Contributions to Pytogenesis.
  • Albrecht von Roelliker

    Albrecht von Roelliker

    Roelliker discovers where life comes from and that eggs and sperm are also cells.
  • Rudolf Virchow

    Rudolf Virchow

    Virchow's most widely known contribution to science is his cell theory, which is built on the work of Theodor Schwann.
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    Pasteur's work became the foundation of microbiology. He discovered many diseases were spread and passed on by germs. He proved spontaneous generation false. Also came up with pasteurization.
  • Aristotle

    Aristotle

    Aristotle was known for his experimental approach and numerous dissections. He was drawn to animal classification.