Cell Theory Timeline

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    Cell Theory

  • Hans & Zacharias Janssen

    Hans & Zacharias Janssen

    Produced 1st compound microscope
  • Robert Hookie

    Robert Hookie

    He was the first to call spaces in cork "cell"
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Observed cells through a simple microscope
  • Mattias Schleden

    Mattias Schleden

    Discovered plants are made of cells
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann

    Discovered that animals are made of cells
  • Rudolph Virchow

    Rudolph Virchow

    Stated living cells come from other living cells