Cell Theory Timeline

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek created more powerful lenses for microscopes

Robert Hooke Discovered the cell

Matthias Schleiden Figured out different parts of plants are made of cells, and theorized the nucleus's importance in cell division.

Zacharias Janssen Invented the Compound Optical Microscope

Theodor Schwann Found that all plants are made of cells

Ruldoph Virchow Suggested all cells come from pre-existing cells (division) which eventually led to the creation of cell theory

Louis Pasteur Developed molecular biology and studied orgenalls