1665

1590 Cell first observed 1839

1683 1833 1838
Zacharias Janssen Robert Hooke, an Cell theory
Miniature animals Basic building blocks
Janssen’s invention
English scientist, 1670 The center of Theodor Schwann,
discovered a Anton van Matthias Jakob
of the microscope , honeycomb-like First living cells Leeuwenhoek made the cell seen Schleiden, a German a German botanist
with the aid of his structure in a cork seen several more botanist, proposes reached the
father Hans, slice using a Anton van discoveries on a Robert that all plant tissues conclusion that not
allowed English primitive Leeuwenhoek, a microscopic level, Brown, an are composed of only plants, but
scientist Robert compound Dutch biologist, eventually publishing a English cells, and that cells animal tissue as
Hooke to use a microscope. He looks at pond letter to the Royal are the basic building well is composed
only saw cell walls water with a Society in which he botanist, blocks of all plants. of cells. This ended
primitive
microscope to
as this was dead microscope he included detailed discovered This statement was debates that plants
tissue. He coined made lenses for. drawings of what he the first generalized
view the cell walls the term "cell" for saw. Among these was the nucleus in statement about
and animals were
of a piece of cork these individual the first protozoa and plant cells. cells.
fundamentally
in 1663. compartments he bacteria discovered. different in
saw. structure.

1855 1840
3rd part to the cell theory Where does
added life come
Rudolf Virchow, a from 1845
German Basic unit of life
physiologist/physician/pa Albrecht von
thologist added the 3rd Roelliker Carl Heinrich Braun
part to the cell theory. discoveres reworks the cell
The original is Greek, and that sperm theory, calling cells
states Omnis cellula e and eggs are the basic unit of life.
cellula. This translates as also cells.
all cells develop only
from existing cells.