Question

Identify the error(s) in the given statements.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first one to discover and name a cell.

Answer 1

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek:

1. Leeuwenhoek was the first scientist who developed a simple microscope.
2. The microscope was able to magnify any object by 300 times.
3. He was able to visualize living units called microbes in water and also the blood cells in the foot-web of frogs.

Discovery of a cell:

1. Robert Hook was the first scientist to develop a compound microscope and had 2 lenses to see different objects.
2. A slice of cork was first observed under the microscope.
3. In 1665, he stated that the cork is made up of small box-like structures named cells.

Final answer: Robert Hook was the first one to discover and name a cell.