Who developed the main ideas cell theory?

Answer 1

The cell theory was first developed by Robert Hooke. I'm pretty sure he got this theory by just stumbling on the idea. He was examining a piece of cork in some kind of early version of the telescope he had invented. and looking through it he discovered little holes or room-like spaces which he became fascinated by and called cellulae. Then he began testing things like hair, his blood and small particles of plants and other organisms. That is where the whole cell theory began.

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Answer 2

The main ideas of the cell theory were developed by Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann. They proposed that all living organisms are composed of cells, that cells are the basic unit of structure and function in living things, and that all cells come from pre-existing cells. Rudolf Virchow later added to the theory by proposing that cells arise from pre-existing cells through cell division.