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'Micrographia' is a book authored by

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Leeuwenhoek
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Rudolf Virchow
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Robert Hooke
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The correct option is C Robert Hooke
The cell was discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665 when he saw an empty box like compartments in a very thin slice of cork under his microscope. He wrote a book 'Micrographia' which contains every finer details about a cell and coined the term 'Cellula' which was later changed into the cell.

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