People of cell theory Flashcards
What did Zacharias Janssen do?
Made glasses, created first microscope and telescope
What did Robert Hooke do?
Saw the cells in a cork, named cells, cells because they look like the rooms monks sleep in, in a monastery
What did Anton Van Leeuwenhoek do?
First saw living cells, made own microscope, discovered bacteria
What did Theodor Schwann and Matthias Schleiden do?
They proposed cell theory, both still unsure where cells came from
What was Matthias Schleiden´s profession?
He was a botanist
What did Theodor Schwann do?
He worked with animal cells
What happened between Rudolf Virchow and Robert Remak?
Rudolf Virchow stole the idea that cells come from other cells from Robert Remak and claimed it as his own
What did Walter Flemming do?
Described mitosis (how cells divide)
What did Siemens do?
Produced the first commercial transmission electron microscope. (CTE)
