Scientists that helped Pave the way to Cell Biology

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  • Antony Von Leewnehoek

    Antony Von Leewnehoek
    Discovered protists, bacteria,sperm cells, blood cells, mirocoscopic nemotodes, and rotiers. He discovered these things in 1716

  • Robert Hooke

    Born on July 18, 1635 and died on March 1703. Know for is book Micrographia. Applied the word cell to describe the basic unit of life.

  • Henri Dutrochet

    Henri Dutrochet
    He discovered cell biology and cells in plants. He made the actual discovery of the process of osmosis.

  • Matthias Jakob Schleiden

    Matthias Jakob Schleiden
    Co-founder of the cell theory{1863}

  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann
    Was the founder of the development of cell theory, discovery of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system, discovered pepsin, discovered yeast, invented the name metabolism.

  • Rudolf Virchow

    Rudolf Virchow
    Founder of social medicine. He was the first to regonize leukemia cells.

  • Lynn Msargulis

    Lynn Msargulis
    She founded the eukoratic cells.