Theodor Schwann

  • Hans and Zacharias Janssen

    Hans and Zacharias Janssen

    Dutch lens grinders, produced the first compound microscope.
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    Observed tiny. hallow, roomlike structures. Called these structures cells cause they reminded him something monks lived in
  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

    Lookeed at blood, rain water, and scrapings from teeth under a mircroscope.
  • Mattias Schleiden

    Mattias Schleiden

    Viewed plants under a microscope.
  • Theodor Schawnn

    Theodor Schawnn

    In 1839 Theo discovered that all animals are made up of cells.
  • Rudolph Virchow

    Rudolph Virchow

    Stated all livng cells came from previous cells.