Question

Living cells were discovered by :

• A. Robert Hooke
• B. Purkinje
• C. Leeuwenhoek
• D. Robert Brown

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Leeuwenhoek

The correct option is C: Leeuwenhoek.

Explanation for correct option :

1. In the year 1674, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek discovered living cells by using an advanced microscope. He observed the living cells of free-living Sphyrogyra in the water of a pond.

Explanation for wrong options :

Option A: The first person to discover and name the cell was Robert Hooke in 1665. Robert Hooke discovered the presence of cells while he was examining a thin slice of cork under a microscope. He observed that the cork had box-like structures which were the dead cells.

Option B: Purkinje suggested the name protoplasm.

Option D: The first person to discover and name the nucleus was Robert Brown in 1833.

Final answer:

Living cells were discovered by Leeuwenhoek.