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Cell Theory

  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    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
  • Anton Van Leewenhoek

    Anton Van Leewenhoek

    He was the father of microscopy.None of his microscopes are here today.
  • Matthias Schleiden

    Matthias Schleiden

    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.
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann

    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.
  • Rudolph Virchow

    Rudolph Virchow

    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.
  • Hans and Zacharias Jansen

    Hans and Zacharias Jansen

    helped each other invent the first microscope.