Cell Theory timeline

By lert60

  • First coundpound microscope

    Hans and Zacharias Jenson make the first coundpound microscope

  • Robert Hooke sees cells in cork

  • Improved microscope designed

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek saw living cells and bacteria with his new microscope

  • All plants made of cells

    Matthias Schleiden says all plants are made of cells

  • All animals have cells

    Theodor Schwann says all animals are made of cells and cells are the basic unit of life.

  • Cell division

    Rudolf Virchow says cells use cell division to reproduce