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Cell Discovered
Robert Hooke discovered a honeycomb-like structure in a cork slice using a microscope. He only saw cell walls as this was dead tissue. He named it a cell. -
First Visible Cell
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek created his own microscope and seen cells in pond water -
Miniature Animals
Anton van Leeuwenhoek stated these was the first protozoa and bacteria discovered. -
Center of Cell Seen
Robert Brown discovered the Nucleus in plant cell. -
Basic Building Blocks
All plant tissues are made up of cells, cells are the buliding blocks of plants. -
Cell Theory
Theodor Schwann got the conclusion that not only plants, but animal tissue as well is composed of cells. -
Life Cells
Albrecht von Roelliker discovered that sperm and eggs also have cells -
3rd part of the Cell Theory
Rudolf Virchow states all cells develop only from existing cells. Virchow was also the first to propose that diseased cells come from healthy cells. -
Chromosomes
Anton Schneider observed and described chromosomes during cell division. -
Cells of Life
Carl Heinrich Braun rewrites the cell theory aying cells are the basic unit of life.