Robert Hooke (1665)- first to view cell

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek (1673)- first to view organism (living things)

Matthias Schleiden (1838)- a German botanist who concluded that “all plants were made of cells”

Rudolph Virchow (1855)- a German medical doctor who reasoned that “all cells come from other pre-
existing cells”

Cell Theory (Postulates)

 All living things are made of cells

 Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in an organism (basic unit of life)
 Cells come from the reproduction of existing cells (cell division)

Prokaryotes (The first Cell)

 Cells that lack a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles

 Contain ribosomes (no membrane) in their cytoplasm

Eukaryotes

 Cells that have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles

3 Basic Cell Structure

 Nucleus
 Cell Membrane
 Cytoplasm