Cell Theory

TIM E LI N E
1660S
Robert Hooke
In 1665, he coined the term "cellulae" which was shortened
to "cell" after he observed the box-like structures - when he
viewed the cork tissues through a microscopic lens.

1670S
Anthon van Leeuwenhoek
Observed protists in 1660s (single- celled organisms) that
he called animalcules from pond water, in 1670s he also
observed the bacteria from his teeth (dental scrapings),
Red Blood Cells and Sperm cells using magnifying tools
which consists of 2 flat thin metals and biconvex lenses.
1830S
Matthias Schleiden (1838)
A German botanist who concluded that
all plants are made of cells.

Theodor Schwann (1839)

A German physiologist who founded modern histology
by defining that animals consists of cells and cells
product (basic unit of animal structure).

1840S
Robert Remak
In 1842, a German embryologist and neurologist discovered
and named the three germ layers of the early embryo: the
ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm.

1850S
Rudolf Virchow
In 1855, a German pathologist and statesman, also one of the most
prominent physicians of the 19th century, pioneered the modern concept of
pathological processes by his application of the cell theory to explain the
effects of disease in the organs and tissues of the body. He emphasized that
diseases arose primarily in their individual cells. And lastly, he also
concluded "omnis cellula e cellula"; all cells develop only from pre-existing
cells.