Cell Theory

By zoshiajulien

  • invention of the microscope

    brothers Hans and Zacharias Jenssen develope the first compound microscope
  • Period: to

    history of cell theory

  • first usage of the term cells

    Robert Hooke took a look at cork under the microscope and describes what he sees using the word cells

  • living cells and "bacteria" are seen

    Van Leeuwenhoek improved the microscope and saw bacteria and living cells 300 times bigger than they actually were.

  • all plants are made of cells becomes a theory

    Schleiden proposed that all plants are made of cells

  • all animals are made of cells becomes a theory

    Theodor Schwann proposes that all animals are also made of cells

  • all cells come from other cells becomes a theory

    Virchow says all cells come from other living cells. It is said that he plagiarized this from another less famous scientist