Courtney's Cell Theory Timeline

  • the invention of the microscope

    the invention of the microscope
    invented by Zaharias Jansen
  • Zacharias Jansen

    Zacharias Jansen
    Jansen created the first microscope which helped scientist later look at cells
  • Jene Baptist Vanhelmont

    Jene Baptist Vanhelmont
    Agreed with spontainious Generation which later scientists proved wrong
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke
    Discoverd cells which helped discover how things we made
  • Antonvan Leeuwenhoek

    Antonvan Leeuwenhoek
    made the simple microoscope and his experements helped them prove spontainious generation wrong by helping scientist look at cells
  • Lorenzo Oken

    Lorenzo Oken
    helped spread cell theory and discovered infusoria which helped look at bones and tissue
  • Robert Brown

    Robert Brown
    Discovered that all cells have a nucules which helped cell theory
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann
    looked at the structer and growth of plants
  • Matthias Schlieden

    Helped create thoughts of spontanious generation so they could be proved wrong
  • Albrecht Von Rodllicker

    Realized that percells and egg cell are cells so it shows that every living thing has cells so it helps cell theory
  • Louis Pasteeur

    Came up with the theory that all living things come from living things and cells which helped prove spontanious generation wrong
  • Roudolf Virchow

    used cell theory to explain the effects ofdiseases on the human body
  • Aerostotle

    Aerostotle
    Came up with spontanious generation