Cell Theory Timeline

  • Janssen

    Janssen

    Janssen invents the microscope and telescope
  • Hooke

    Hooke

    He coined the name 'cell' and was the first to see biological cells
  • Redi

    Redi

    Redi disproved the phenomenon of spontaneus generation
  • Leeuwenhoek

    Leeuwenhoek

    "The Father of Microbiology" discovers bacteria from the human mouth
  • Wolff

    Wolff

    Wolff proposed that all organs in animal embyos were made of globules
  • Turpin

    Turpin

    Turpin reported his observations of cell division
  • Meyen

    Meyen

    Meyen stated that each cell forms seperately and individually and nourishes and builds itself up
  • Brown

    Brown

    Published his discovery of widespread occurence of nuclei in cells
  • Schleiden

    Schleiden

    Discovered that plant parts are made of cells
  • Mohl

    Mohl

    Mohl carefully described details of mitosis in plants
  • Schwann

    Schwann

    Discovered that animal parts are made of cells
  • Virchow

    Virchow

    Stated that all living cells come only from other living cells
  • Pasteur

    Pasteur

    Invented pasteurization based on the germ theory
  • Mendel

    Mendel

    Published investigations of plant hybrids
  • Schneider

    Schneider

    Observed chromosomes during sell division