Modern Cell Theory

Zacharias Jansen

Sep 18, 1680

Designed first compound microscope Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You - Timeline - Zacharias Janssen. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2015.

Robert Hooke

Jul 18, 1703

Born on July 18th, 1635. Death on March 3rd, 1703.
Was a munk, made the term cell Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You - Timeline - Zacharias Janssen. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Oct 24, 1723

Born on October 24th, 1632. Death on August 26th, 1723.
Animal cules - Made a microscope, single celled organisms Anton van Leeuwenhoek: A history of the compound microscope.
(n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek: A history of the compound microscope. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2015.

The Three Statements of Cell Theory

Sep 19, 1855

Put together and discovered by Robert Virchow in 1855, he made up these three statements for the Cell Theory we still use today:

1. Fundamental structure/function in all living things
2. Basic unit of life 3.All cells come from other cells (precisting)

What are the three parts of the cell theory? - Homework Help - eNotes.com. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2015.

Mattias Schleidon

Apr 5, 1881

Born on April 5th, 1804. Death on June 23rd, 1881.
Cofounder of the Cell Theory Matthias Jacob Schleiden | biography - German botanist. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
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Theodor Schwann

Dec 7, 1882

Born on December 7th, 1810. Death on January 11th, 1882
Animals, both plant and animals are made up of cells Schwann, Theodor (1810-1882) -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2015
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Rudolph Virchow

Oct 13, 1902

Born on October 13th, 1821. Death on September 5th, 1902.
Made original cell theory, cell division Rudolf Virchow. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2015
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