The Cell Theory

By Maxwell Persson

  • Hans & Zacharias Janssen

    Invented a type of microscope

  • Robert Hooke

    Saw and described cork cells

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Discovered single celled organisms

  • Rene Dutrochet

    Stated that all plants and animals are made of cells

  • Robert Brown

    Discovered the nucleus in a cell

  • Theodore Scwaan

    Proposed that cells are the basic building blocks of life

  • Howard Florey (Australian!)

    Made the first antibiotic (penicillin)