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If Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered the first microscope, then how could Robert Hook be the first to discover a cell?

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Dear Student, the first compound (advanced) microscope was invented by A. V. Leeuwenhoek. But the first simple microscope was invented by Robert Hook only.

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