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Robert Hooke
Viewed a cork under a microscope and saw cells. He named them cells because he thought they looked monk's cells. Robert Hooke was born in England and went to college at Oxford. He was born in 1635. He had joined the Royal society of London and had been appointed curator of experiments in 1663. He studied the motion of light, the rotation of Jupiter, and human memory. -
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Cell Theory Timeline
All the contributors to cell theory and their contributions. -
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Cell Theory Timeline
The contributors to Cell theory and their contributions. -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Viewed teeth bacteria under a microsope and called them animacules, because he thought they looked like small animals. Anton came from a family of tradesman. He was born in 1632. -
Robert Brown
A scottish botanist that discovered a nucleas in plant cells. Closely studied Australian botany. Son of Reverand James Brown, who was an Episcopalian. Robert studied initially to be a doctor. -
Felix Dujardin
Discovered single cell organisms, or prokaryotic organisms. A French invertbrate zoologist and microscopist. He created one of the early names of protozoa, calling them Rhizopoda. -
Matthias Schlieden
A botanist that dicovered that all plants are made of cells. Left law practice to pursue botany. Shwann, another german, used his ideas about plants and applied them to animals. -
Theodore Scwann
Concluded that all living things are made of cells. He discovered the enzyme pesin, and found glial cells in nerves, which are now called Schwann cells. Studied medicine and natural science at University of Bonn. -
Rudolph Virchow
Suggested that cells are created by pre-existing cells. He studied pathology, performed some of the first autopsies viewed microscopically, named leukemia, and founded his own medical journal.
