Question

Who gave the cell theory?

Answer 1

Cell theory:

1. Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann gave the Cell theory.
2. Matthias Schleiden, a German Botanist, discovered that all plants were made of cells in 1838.
3. In 1839, Theodor Schwann, a British Zoologist, discovered that all animals are made of cells.
4. This, in short, was called ‘Cell theory’.
5. In 1858 Rudolf Virchow expanded the cell theory.
6. The main principles of cell theory: -

• All living organisms are made of cells
• The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all living beings
• All cells arise from pre-existing cells