MPI U1 Discovery Of The Cell (WHO & WHEN)

Question 1

• Early 1600’s Built the first microscope…just a curved piece of glass (lens)
• He saw tiny organisms in pond water

Answer 1

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek – Early 1600

Question 2

• Cork cells

- Discovered small chambers – Called them cells

Answer 2

Robert Hooke – 1665

Question 3

• Discovered the cell nucleus

- Earliest detailed descriptions of the cell nucleus

Answer 3

Robert Brown – 1831

Question 4

• Observed many plants under the microscope

- Concluded that PLANTS are made of cells!

Answer 4

Matthias Schleiden – 1838

Question 5

-Concluded that all ANIMALS are made of cells

Answer 5

Theodor Schwann – 1839

Question 6

-Developed the cell theory.
-All cells come from
pre-existing cells

Answer 6

Rudolf Virchow – 1855