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Chapter 1
Cell Theory
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Robert Hooke | first to observe "small chambers" in cork and call them cells (1665) |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek | tiny living organisms which he named animalcules (1676) |
| Robert Brown | discovered the nucleus of the cell (1831) |
| Matthias Schleiden | concluded that all plants are made of cells (1838) |
| Theodor Schwann | concluded that all animals are made of cells (1839) |
| Rudolf Virchow | All cells come from other cells (1858) |