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The cell, as a basic unit of structure of living things, was discovered by

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Aristotle
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Robert Hooke
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Robert Brown
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Gregor Mendel
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The correct option is B Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke discovered cell in the year 1665. He observed cork cell in the bark of Spanish oak tree under a simple microscope and was able to see the empty structures surrounded by walls and named it a cell. He elucidated his observation in a book called "Micrographia".

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