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Produced first compound microscope
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looked at a thin slice of cork through a microscope
saw tiny, hollow, roomlike structures and
called these structures 'cells' because they reminded him of jail cells -
called celles Animalcules
looked at blood, rainwater, scrapings from teeth through a simple microscope -
viewed plant parts under a microscope
discovered that plant parts are made of cells -
viewed animal parts under a microscope
discovered that animal parts are made of cells -
Found out that all living cells come from other living cells.
He was a German physician
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