The History of the Cell Theory
Will O'Neill
The three parts of the cell theory.
1.All living things are made up of cells.
2.Cells all come from other cells.
3.Cells are the basic unit of all function.
Robert Hooke
Robert Hokke is the supposed father of the cell theroy. He first found and named cells when he looked at dead cork through a microscope. He named cells after a monks chambers, or cell.
Rudolf Virchow
Was the first man to use cell theory in medicine.
Theodor Schwann
Proved the cell theory in plants and animals.
Matthias Schleiden
Discovered the importance of the cell nucleus.
Anton van Leenwenkooke.
Anton was the first person to observe actual living cells.