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Robin Hooke
Robin Hooke, a 26-year-old scientist, was the first man to discover cells. The word "Cells" came from an interpretation that Robin Hooke made based on what he saw in a small slice of cork. Through a microscope, he was able to see the small square like shapes that were neatly lined up. He thought the small squares looked like an empty space confined in walls, a lot the actual cells. -
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek and his discovery of Diertgens
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch tradesman, was the first man to see cells in the flesh. He created his own modified version of a microscope that was based on Robin Hooke's microscope. Antonie observed what Robin Hooke was studying and he saw different things. They were like little animals to Antonie, which is where the name Animalcules. Meaning small animals. He also discovered the bacteria. -
Caspar Friedrich Wolff (Founder of Modern Embryology)
Caspar Freidrich Wolff, a German scientist, was the founder of Modern Embryology. The embryo is an unhatched or unborn offspring in the offspring of development. With this discovery, he was able to further his research by creating the theory of preformation which in time became the theory of Epigenesis. Epigenesis is basically the theory that an embryo develops from an undifferentiated egg cell. -
The Cell Theory
The Cell Theory began when two scientists called Matthias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann. They noticed that everything they studied in their general area, plants and animals, were all made up of cells. They collaborated together to create the cell theory but only with the help of Rudolf Virchow. Rudolf Virchow proved, with evidence, that cells can only form from pre-existing cells. -
Martinus Willem Beijernck (First Man to Discover Viruses)
Martinus Willem Beijernck was a well-known scientist in the botany field of expertise. Even though most of his work wasn't focused on viruses, he was the first to study the virus. He found this virus called TMV in a tobacco plant. With his studies about the TMV, farms were able to take precautions from this virus.
