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Methods: Looked at a thin slice of cork through a microscope at 50x
Institution: The Royal Society
Where: London, England
Funding: King Charles II
Technology: Microscope -
He was the father of microscopy.None of his microscopes are here today.
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Schleiden was German Botanist the viewed plant parts under a microscope and discovered that plant parts are made of cells. He is considered to be the co-founder of cell theory together with Schwann, with whom he consulted.
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Schwann was a German Biologist who viewed animal parts under a microscope and discovered that animals were made up of cells. He extended Schleiden's cell theory in plants to animals, stating that all living things are composed of cells.
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Virchow was a German physician that stated that all living cells come only from other living cells. His major contribution was the idea that pathologic reactions were reactions of cells.
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helped each other invent the first microscope.
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