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Robert Hooke
Robert Looked at cells and gave them their names. He named them cells because he thought they looked like the cells monks live in. He drew the cells which is one of the first drawings of cells. Cell is derived from the latin word cellula which means small compartment. -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Anton made his own microscope and used it to discover a lot of information about cells. Anton looked at pond water. He described all the cells. -
Anton Van leeuwenhoek
Anton was looking at his teeth gunk when he discovered bacteria. He described the bacteria as little animals so he called them animalcules. -
Robert Brown
Robert brown discovered that plant cells have nucleuses. The Brownian motion was named after him because of his discovery. The Brownian motion is the motion of minute particles in motion. -
Felix Dujardin
Felix discovered protozoans, ribosomes, protoplasm. Protozoans are one celled animals found in most habitats, an example is bacteria. Ribosomes are parts of the cell that help process proteins. Protoplasm which is a formless life substance that oozes out of certain shells. -
Theodor Schwann
Theodor found that animals are also made of cells. He found this discovery with his microscope. He also believed that all cells are organisms and all organisms are made of cells. -
Matthias Schleiden
Matthias studied plants. He was one of the first who figured out that all plants have cells. He was also a botanist. -
Rudolph Virchow
Rudolph discovered that cells multiply from other cells. He believed this even though lots of people doubted him.
