Cell Theory

  • Zacharias  Janssen

    Zacharias Janssen

    Made compound microscope and telescope
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    Discovered cells and called them cork cells because it was like the chambers on a cork
  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

    Discovered bacteria on his teeth using his home made telescope and called them "animalcules"
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann

    Studied animals and learned that they are made of cells. He also believed that cells come from preexisting cells
  • Mat Thias Schleiden

    Mat Thias Schleiden

    Discovered that plants are all mad of cells. He also believed that cells appear from no where but he was proved wrong by Schwann
  • Robert Remak

    Robert Remak

    proved that all cells come from other cells
  • eukaryokes & prokaryokes

    eukaryokes & prokaryokes

    people believe that eukaryokes could've come from prokaryokes