The Discovery of the Cell
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The Discovery of the Cell
A history lesson
Robert Hooke
The English scientist
Robert Hooke, who
studied the cork with a
crude microscope, first
described cells in 1665.
He thought the cork
structures looked like
the cells that the monks
lived in so he called
them a cell
Scanning electron of a wood
Cell History
The Dutch scientist
Anton van
Leeuwenhoek first
described living cells in
detail in the 1670s. With
the use of a basic
microscope he was able
to see things too small
with the naked eye.
Known as "the Father of
Microbiology"
Cell Theory
In 1839, German scientist Matthias
Schleiden and Theodor Schwann formulated
the cell theory. Noticing a similarity
between plant and animal cells, they stated
that all living organisms consist of cells
and cell products. Thus, a whole organism
could be understood through the study of its
cellular parts
Cell theory
Cell reproduction history
In 1858 the German
pathologist Rudolf
Virchow's theory, that
all cells come from
preexisting cells, this
led to the development
of cell division and cell
differentiation. He
corrected Schwaan and
Schleider.