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Name the scientists who gave the term cell.


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  1. The term Cell was given by Robert Hooke in 1665.
  2. Hooke observed the dead cells of cork under the microscope invented by him.
  3. The cells were like a hexagonal chamber and he named each a 'Cell' (Cell Chamber).

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