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Timeline of The Cell Theory

The cell theory developed over time based on contributions from several scientists between 1665 and 1855. Robert Hooke first observed cell structure in 1665. Anton van Leeuwenhoek then observed the first living cells in 1670 using microscopes. Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in the 1830s/1840s provided evidence that plants and animals are composed of cells, and Schwann organized previous statements into the cell theory. Rudolf Virchow added the third part of the cell theory in 1855 - that all cells come from preexisting cells. The microscope was necessary for observing cells before the cell theory could be developed based on their observations. Key contributors directly provided evidence for the three main parts of the cell theory

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Timeline of The Cell Theory

The cell theory developed over time based on contributions from several scientists between 1665 and 1855. Robert Hooke first observed cell structure in 1665. Anton van Leeuwenhoek then observed the first living cells in 1670 using microscopes. Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in the 1830s/1840s provided evidence that plants and animals are composed of cells, and Schwann organized previous statements into the cell theory. Rudolf Virchow added the third part of the cell theory in 1855 - that all cells come from preexisting cells. The microscope was necessary for observing cells before the cell theory could be developed based on their observations. Key contributors directly provided evidence for the three main parts of the cell theory

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CELL THEORY HISTORICAL TIMELINE ACTIVITY

Procedure:
1. List a few of the characteristics the following people have made to science
2. List the Dates of the contributions that these people have made

 Robert Hooke:
 Hans & Zacharias Janssen:
 Anton van Leeuwenhoek:
 Matthias Schleiden:
 Theodor Schwann:
 Rudolph Virchow:
3. Create a Timeline showing the chronological order of these scientists and their
contributions. You will first put your information on Inventor Cards and then create your
timeline. Here is what should be on the Timeline***ALL 6 INVENTORS ARE ON THE
TIMELINE
 Label the time line with dates of the above Scientists discoveries (on the inventor card)
 The earliest date should be on the left of the timeline and the most recent date should be
on the right
 Label each date with corresponding scientist's name & contribution(s) in an organized
and legible manner
 Be sure your spacing shows a reasonable approximation of the amount of time that
elapsed between dates
Questions to Answer
1. What theory did these scientists provide evidence for?
2. What instrument was necessary before the cell theory could be developed?
3. Which 3 scientists directly contributed evidence for the cell theory?
4. How did the earlier scientists and their contributions directly affect the discoveries of
later scientists (see #2)? For example what had to come first?
5. List the 3 Parts of the Cell Theory:
Timeline of the cell theory
1665 Cell first observed
Robert Hooke, an English scientist, discovered a honeycomb-like structure in a cork slice using a
primitive compound microscope. He only saw cell walls as this was dead tissue. He coined the
term "cell" for these individual compartments he saw.
1670 First living cells seen
Anton van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch biologist, looks at pond water with a microscope he made
lenses for.
1683 Miniature animals
Anton van Leeuwenhoek made several more discoveries on a microscopic level, eventually
publishing a letter to the Royal Society in which he included detailed drawings of what he saw.
Among these was the first protozoa and bacteria discovered.
1833 The center of the cell seen
Robert Brown, an English botanist, discovered the nucleus in plant cells.
1838 Basic building blocks
Matthias Jakob Schleiden, a German botanist, proposes that all plant tissues are composed of
cells, and that cells are the basic building blocks of all plants. This statement was the first
generalized statement about cells.
1839 Cell theory
Theodor Schwann, a German botanist reached the conclusion that not only plants, but animal
tissue as well is composed of cells. This ended debates that plants and animals were
fundamentally different in structure. He also pulled together and organized previous statement on
cells into one theory, which states: 1 - Cells are organisms and all organisms consist of one or
more cells 2 - The cell is the basic unit of structure for all organisms
1840 Where does life come from
Albrecht von Roelliker discoveres that sperm and eggs are also cells.
1845 Basic unit of life
Carl Heinrich Braun reworks the cell theory, calling cells the basic unit of life.
1855 3rd part to the cell theory added
Rudolf Virchow, a German physiologist/physician/pathologist added the 3rd part to the cell
theory. The original is Greek, and states Omnis cellula e cellula. This translates as all cells
develop only from existing cells. Virchow was also the first to propose that diseased cells come
from healthy cells.

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