A History of the Cell

Robert Hooke saw a cell for the first time

Nov 17, 1655

Using a primitive microscope Robert Hooke saw a cork cell for the very first time.

Robert Brown discovered nucleus

Nov 17, 1833

Robert Brown, an English botsnist, discovered the nucleus of a plant cell.

Matthias Schleiden discovered all plants are made up of cells.

Nov 17, 1838

Matthias Scgleiden , a German botanist, discovered that all plants are made up of cells.

Theodor Schwann discovered all animals are made up of cells.

Nov 17, 1839

Theodor Schwann, a German zoologist, discovered that all animals are made up of cells.

Theodor Boveri coinded the tearms for the centriole and centrosome.

Nov 17, 1888

Theodor Boveri, a German biologist, named the Centriole and Centrosome while studying sea urchins

Camillo Gogie identified the Golgi Apparatus

Nov 17, 1897

Camillo Golgi, an Italian Physician, discovered the Golgi Apparatus and in 1898 is was named for him.

Nikolai Koltsov saw cytoskeleton for the first time.

Nov 17, 1903

Nikolai Koltsov, a Russian biologist, saw the cytoskeleton in a cell for the first time but the term was not coined until 1931 by Paul Wintrebert.

Albert Claude, Christian de Duve and George E Palade discovered Cytosol.

Nov 17, 1935

Albert Claude and Keith Porter discovered Edoplasmic Reticulum.

Nov 17, 1945

Albert Claude in Belgium and Keith Porter at the Rockefeller INstetuste discovered the Endoplasmic Reticulum.

Christian de Duve discovered Cytosomes

Nov 17, 1949

Christian de Duve, a Belgin biochemist, discovered Cytosomes.

George Palade discovered Ribosomes.

Nov 17, 1955

George Palade, a Romanian-American cell biologist, discovered the ribosomes.