Microscope Timeline

By Ryan W.
  • Zacharias Janssen,Netherlands, spectacle maker

    Zacharias Janssen,Netherlands, spectacle maker
    Zacharias Janssen invented the telescope
  • Robert Hooke, England, scientist

    Robert Hooke, England, scientist
    Robert Hooke discovered plant cells
  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, Netherlands, physicist

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, Netherlands, physicist
    Anton Leewenhoek was the first ever to observe a single celled organism through a microscope
  • Matthias Schleiden, Germany, botanist

    Matthias Schleiden, Germany, botanist
    Matthias Schleiden declared that the cell is the basic building block of all plant matter
  • Theodore Schwann, Germany, biologist

    Theodore Schwann, Germany, biologist
    Theodore Schwann devolped cell theory
  • Rudolph Virchow, Germany, physiologist

    Rudolph Virchow, Germany, physiologist
    Rudolph Virchow proved cell theory applied to diseased tissue