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Hans and Zacharias Jassen
Brothers Zacharias and Hans Jassen developed the first compound microscope. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
He was the first to see living cells and discovered bacteria. -
Robert Hooke
look at a piece of cork underneath a microscope and noticed that, up close, it looked like it was made of empty cells monks slept in. first person to use
the word cells in the scientific
sense. -
Matthias Schleiden
He proposed that all plants are made of cells. -
Theodor Schwann
He proposed that all animals are made of cells too. He also stated that cells are the basic unit of all living things -
Rudolf Virchow
published a book stating his belief that all other cells come from other living cells
