My name is Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, the year is 1675 and I was looking at pond water and discovered single celled organisms using a magnifying glass!!! Hmmm I should name them animalcules!!
Cells1675
Animal cells1830
My name is Robert Hooke, the year is 1675, I decided to look at a cork with a compound microscope and it reminded me of what monks lived in which are cells, I shall call them cells!!
200 years
When it all came together1858
It's been 200 years, in this time period, the magnifying on all microscopes have evolved and gotten better.
My name is Matthias Schleiden, I study plants with a compound microscope, I discovered all plants have the same shape, size, and color of their cells
Hello, my name is Theodor Schwann, I study animals and animal cells, cells are the building blocks of living things, I found that out with a compound microscope.
My name is Rudolph Virchow and I'm the scientist who put it all together. I was looking at the information all the other scientist gathered with a compound microscope, and I discovered that all cells came from other cells.