Hooke (July

Robert Hooke (July 28,

28, 1635-March
1635-March 3,
3, 1703)
1703) Robert
Robert
Hooke discovered the cell by looking through a
microscope at a cork. What he saw when he looked in
the microscope was a cell was He chose the word "cell
' to describe what he saw.
 Anton van Leeuwenhoek (October 24, 1632- August
26, 1723) Using lenses he made himself Anton van
Leeuwenhoek discovered the first protozoa and
bactena.

Matthias Jakob Schleiden (April 5, 1804. June 23,

1881) Matthias made the first generalized statement
about cells, which was that all plant tissues are made
out of cells, and that cell were the basic building
blocks of plants.
Theodor Schwann (December 7, 1810-June 23, 1881)
Theodor Schwann came to the conclusion that animal
issue was made of cells which ended that debate that
plants and animals had different structures. He also
made i theory that states that cells are organisms and
organisms are made up of 7 or more cells and that
Rudolf Virchow (October 13, 1821-September 5,
cells are the basic units of structure lor all organisms.
1902) Rudolf Virchow made theory that all cells came
from existing cells.