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Discovery &
Cell Theory
What is a Cell?
Cell
• The structural and
functional unit of all
living organism.
History
• The study of cells started about three hundred
years ago.
• With the help of one powerful instrument the
cell was begin to be known to humans.
MICROSCOPE
The Cell Theory
• The development and refinement of
magnifying lenses and light microscopes made
the observation and description of
microscopic organisms and living cells
possible.
Cell Discovery
• The scientist who have contributed to the
discovery of the cell:
Hans and Zacharias Jansen
Robert Hooke
Matthias Schleiden
Theodor Schwann
Robert Brown
Anton van
Leeuwenhoek
Rudolph Virchow
1595
• Hans and
Zacharias
Jansen