Science Topic 5: Cell Theory Scientists Flashcards

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Robert Hooke

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Made the compound light microscope, first person to discover cells after looking at cork

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

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Saw the first living cells in pond water, found microscopic organisms and improved microscopes

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M.J. Schleiden

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Said plants are cells

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Theodor Schwann

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Said animals are cells

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Robert Brown

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Discovered and named the nucleus

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Rudolf Virchow

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Said every cell came from a cell

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