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