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Cell Theory

  • Hans and Zacharias Jenssen

    Hans and Zacharias Jenssen

    Made the first compound microscope
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    He discovered the cellular composition of cork. He also introduced the word cell.
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    Made a different microscope from the one that Hans and Zacharias made.
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    He discovered bacteria from a sample of stuff from his teeth.
  • Matthias Schleiden

    Matthias Schleiden

    Discovered that plants were made up of cells
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann

    Discovered that animals were made up of cells.
  • Rudolph Virchow

    Rudolph Virchow

    He stated that all living things come from other living things. He wrote a book about it, but Sir Isaac Newton did too. Since everybody knew Sir Isaac Newton they bought his book and Rudolph didn't sell any.