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Zacharias Jennssen made the first single lens (simple) optical microscope.
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Robert Hooke coined the term cell. First person to look at cork cells, studied plant cells.
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Van Leeuwenhoek was the first scientist ever to give a detailed description of red blood cellsand human spermatozoa.
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Matthias Schleiden co founded the cell theory and recognized importance of nucleus. Looked at plant cells..
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Theodor Scwann cofounded cell theory looked at animal cells and said that all living things are made of cells he studied animal cells and said that all living things are made of cells
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Rudolph Virchow also co founded cell theory, said that every living cell comes from another living cell