Here is the movie we watched in class about Cell Theory:
Notes on The History of Cell Theory:
Zacharias Janssen:
Late 1500’s
Scientific Contribution:______created the first compound microscope and first telescope________
Robert Hook:
1665
Scientific Contribution:_________named cells “cells” after monks’ cells, fought with Newton over discoveries___________
Anton van Leeuwenhoek:
1674
Scientific Contribution:___________made a tiny microscope in the shape of a paddle, discovered bacteria from dental scraping (called them animalcules)_______________
Matthias Schleiden:
1838
Scientific Contribution:_________realized all plants are made of cells__________________
Theodor Schwann:
1839
Scientific Contribution:___________has a nerve cell named after him, invented rebreather for firefighters, realized all animals are made of cells______________
Rudolph Virchow:
1855
Scientific Contribution:______________proved that cells come from cells (possibly stole this discovery from Robert Remak)_________________