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Invented the first compound microscope
Hans and Zacharias Janssen -
Hooke was the first person to use the word "cell" to identify microscopic structures when he was describing cork.
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Bacteria was seen and described
by Anton Van Leeuwenhoek -
A general cell theory was proposed.
C.F. Wolff -
The cell nucleus was discovered
Discovered by Robert Brown -
A cell theory was published applied to plants.
by Matthias J. Schleiden -
cells form the fundamental structure of all living organisms
Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann -
A cell theory was published applied to animals
by Theodor Schwann -
An Austrian monk, began experiments with pea plants
by Gregor Johann Mendel -
Mendel announced his theories of heredity, known as Mendel’s Laws.
by Gregor Johann Mendel