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Hans and Zacharias Jannsen invented the first microscope with each others help.
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Robert Hooke discovered the cell while looking at a piece of cork under a microscope. The word "cell" stuck as the name of the tiny boxes he saw in the cork. He wrote and published a book called "Micrographia". He is known as the "English Father of Microscopy".
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek looked at pond scum through a microscope and found tiny animals that are now known as Protists. He is known as the "Father of Microscopy".
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered, under a microscope, bacteria. He is known as the "Father of Microscopy".
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Matthias Schleiden, a German botanist, found that all plants are made of cells. He also helped with the cell theory.
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Theodor Schwann, a German zoologist, found that animals are all made up of cells. He lent a hand in the construction of the cell theory.
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Rudolph Virchow, a German pathologist, concluded that all living cells come from pre-existing cells. He offered his knowledge to the creation of the cell theory. He is known as the "Father of Pathology".
