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Cell Theory

The document summarizes key developments in cell theory throughout history. Hans and Zacharias Janssen invented the compound microscope in 1597, allowing Robert Hooke to observe cells when examining cork in 1665. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek then observed single-celled organisms under an improved microscope in 1670. Robert Brown discovered the nucleus in plant cells in 1830, contributing to the emerging idea that cells are the fundamental unit of life. Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann combined these ideas into the first comprehensive cell theory published in 1838-1839.

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Cell Theory

The document summarizes key developments in cell theory throughout history. Hans and Zacharias Janssen invented the compound microscope in 1597, allowing Robert Hooke to observe cells when examining cork in 1665. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek then observed single-celled organisms under an improved microscope in 1670. Robert Brown discovered the nucleus in plant cells in 1830, contributing to the emerging idea that cells are the fundamental unit of life. Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann combined these ideas into the first comprehensive cell theory published in 1838-1839.

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CELL CELL THEORIES

THEORIES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS

Hans and Zacharias Janssen were known


1597 - HANS for inventing the compound optical
AND microscope. This contributed to the cell
theory by making it easier and more
ZACHARIA
practical to observe cells.
JANSEN
their first cell theory was first discovered
after they developed the microscope.
a British Scientist who published Micrographia
wherein it is illustrated the smallest complete part 1665 - ROBERT
of an organism. When scientist Robert Hooke
looked at a thin slice of cork under the HOOKE
microscope, he saw a honeycomb structure made
up of small compartments. he is the one who
named these organisms or compartments, cells

A Dutch microscopist who was the first to see


living cells under a microscope. on the same
1670 - ANTONIE VAN
year, he improved the quality of the
LEEUWENHOCK microscope lenses to the point that he can see
single - celled organisms that lived in a drop of
pond water. He called these organisms
A British botanist who first discovered the “animalcules”, which means “miniature
nucleus in the plant cells. Brown published animals”.
his research findings and gave speeches. His
discovery of the nucleus and its role helped
to put together the cell theory, which states 1830 - ROBERT
that all living organisms are composed of BROWN
cells, and cells come from pre-existing cells.
Brown's discovery helped to confirm the A German botanist with his cofounder
second half of the cell theory. Schwann, published the first foundational belief
about cells, that all plant tissues are composed
1838 - MATTHIAS of cells. he concluded that all plant tissues are
SCHLIEDEN composed of cells that an embryonic plant
arose from a single cell . He declared that the
cell is the basic building block of all plant
A biological physiologist that concluded that matter.
all animal cells are all made up of cells as
well. he blended both statements into one 1839 - THEODOR
theory which said:
1. All living organisms consists of one or
SCHWANN
more cells and
2. The cell is the most basic unit of
structure for all living organisms
A German pathologist who concluded
1855 - RUDOLF
that Omis cellula which translates
VIRCHOW roughly from Latin to “cells” only arise
from other cells.

He was a German doctor who


1880 - ROBERT
developed staining techniques that KOCH
improved the visibility of bacteria under
the microscope Both of them built the first electron
microscope that could magnify at 400x.
1931 - MAX KNOLL
these microscopes allowed scientists to
AND ERNEST study pieces and processes inside cells
RUSKA that they could not see before.

A pioneering African-American biologist,


1939 - ERNEST
academic and science writer,, studied the
structures and functions of the cell. EVERETT JUST

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