Cell Theory
To Put It in Perspective 1564 Shakespeare is Born
Zaccharias Janssen 1590 Dutch Invented the first microscope
To Put It in Perspective 1596 Galileo invents first thermometer 1620 Mayflower lands at Plymouth Rock
Robert Hooke 1665 English The first to study and publish observations made through a microscope. Coined the term “cells”
Anton van Leeuwenhoek 1674 Observed tiny living organisms in drops of pond water
To Put It in Perspective 1709 Piano invented 1789 George Washington President
Matthias Schleiden 1838 Concluded that all plants are made up of cells
Theodor Schwann 1839 Concluded that all animal are made up of cells
Rudolph Virchow 1855 All cells come from existing cells
To Put It in Perspective 1876 First telephone 1885 Usable electricity
Cell Theory All living things are composed of cells Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things New cells are produced from existing cells
Cheek Cell
Onion Cell NUCLEUS CYTOPLASM/VACUOLE CELL WALL
Elodea Leaf