Robert Hook and Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Discovered red blood cell:

• Robert Hooke

• Anton Van Leeuweenhoek

Published Micrographia book

• Robert Hooke

• Anton Van Leeuweenhoek

Named tiny structures in cork as “Cells”

• Robert Hooke

• Anton Van Leeuweenhoek

Discovered spermatozoa

• Robert Hooke

• Anton Van Leeuweenhoek

Discovered bacteria like Giardia

• Robert Hooke

• Anton Van Leeuweenhoek

Described structures of mold and other small organisms

• Robert Hooke

• Anton Van Leeuweenhoek

He visualized the tiny organisms and named them "animaculus"

• Robert Hooke

• Anton Van Leeuweenhoek

He originally used hand lenses to examine the quality of cloth

• Robert Hooke

• Anton Van Leeuweenhoek

He is the "Father of Microbiology"

• Robert Hooke

• Anton Van Leeuweenhoek

His most famous achievement was that he used a single lens microscope to examine what seemed to be “everything.”

• Robert Hooke

• Anton Van Leeuweenhoek