It CELLS time!

THEODOR SCHWANN
German physiologist, who
Let us know who’s the founded modern histology by
John Needham

defining the cell as the basic •English Biologist, , did yet another
scientist behind of cell and unit of animal structure.
experiment in 1745 with boiled
broths. He infused a broth by mixing

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plant and animal matter and boiled it
in the belief that it would kill all the
microorganisms. He sealed the broth
and left it for a few days. He
observed that the broth had become
Robert Hooke cloudy and that it has microscopic

ANTONIE VAN
Hooke was an English
LEEUWENHOEK
scientist famous for
•a Dutch scientist famous observing a slice of cork
for making simple under a microscope and
microscopes, which only coining the term “cell.” FRANCESCO REDI
had a single lens each,
In 1668, Redi conducted
with high magnification controlled experiments to
that allowed him to disprove abiogenesis. His book
observe a wide array of called, ‘Experiments on the
Aristotle
microscopic life. Generation of Insects’ dismissed
Aristotle proposed that the idea of spontaneous
life arose from non living generation.
material if the material
contained pneuma (“vital
Matthias Jakob Schleiden heat”). LOUIS PASTEUR

Schleiden was a German He provided evidence

scientist famous for against the idea of
determining that all plants spontaneous
are made of cells. Along LAZZARO SPALLANZANI generation (i.e., living
with Theodor Schwann, he matters can
Italian Scientist, belive
is considered the father of spontaneously arise
microbes in the air cause food
cell theory. out of non-living
spoilage and they can be
matters).
killed by boiling.