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Cell Theory Timeline

  • Hans and Zacharias Jassen

    Hans and Zacharias Jassen

    Invented the compound microscope and telescope.
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke observes a cell and coins the term "Cell" because they looked like prison cells.
  • Francesco Redi

    Francesco Redi

    Disproved Spontaneus generation by doing an experiment to see if rotting meat turns into flies.
  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

    Made his own microscope and discovered bacteria/animicules.
  • Abraham Trembley

    Abraham Trembley

    Experimented with the hydra and found when he split it in two it formed 2 seperate beings.
  • Robert Brown

    Robert Brown

    Discovered the importance of the nucleus in plant cells.
  • Robert Brown

    Robert Brown

    Robert Brown discovered the nucleus in plant cells.
  • Matthias Shchleiden

    Matthias Shchleiden

    Studied plants and discovered that they were all made of cells.
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann

    Found that all animals are made of cells.
  • Gregor Mendel

    Gregor Mendel

    Discovered the principles of heredity and genetics.
  • Rudolph Virchow

    Rudolph Virchow

    Found that cells come from preexisting cells.
  • Robert Remak

    Robert Remak

    Discovered that cells come from preexisting cells.
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    Came up with pateurization to prvent people from getting sick by germs.
  • Anton Schneider

    Anton Schneider

    Studied plants and discovered they all had cells and found the nucleus.
  • Camillo Golgi

    Camillo Golgi

    Golgi observes nerve tissues and discovers the "Golgi Apparatus".