The History of the Cell

By Atom Napalm

  • Hooke's discovery of the Cell

    Hooke's discovery of the Cell
    In 1665 English Naturalist Robert Hooke observed cells in a thin slice of cork with an early compound microscope.

  • Life, on a microscopic level

    Life, on a microscopic level
    Anton van Leeuwenhoek, was a Dutch tradesman and scientist who observed tiny living organisms in drops of pond water through his simple microscope. he is considered by many "the Father of Microbiology."

  • Plants are made of cells.

    Matthias Schleiden, a German botanist concludes that all plants are made up of cells.

  • The cell is the building block of life

    Theodor Schwann was a German Physiologist who concluded that all animals are made up of cells.

  • The cell theory

    The cell theory
    Rudolph Virchow proposes that all cells come from existing cells. completing the cell theory.