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