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The first person to see a cell under the microscope was _______________
The first person to see a cell under the microscope was _______________
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The correct option is C R. Hooke
The invention of the microscope allowed the first view of cells. English physicist and microscopist Robert Hooke (1635–1702) first described cells in 1665. He made thin slices of cork and likened the boxy partitions he observed to the cells (small rooms) in a monastery. The open spaces Hooke observed were empty, but he and others suggested these spaces might be used for fluid transport in living plants. He did not propose, and gave no indication that he believed, that these structures represented the basic unit of living organisms.Leeuwenhoek (1672) assembled a simple microscope and observed bacteria, protozoa, red blood cells etc.Schleiden and Schwann proposed the cell theory.
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.
The invention of the microscope allowed the first view of cells. English physicist and microscopist Robert Hooke (1635–1702) first described cells in 1665. He made thin slices of cork and likened the boxy partitions he observed to the cells (small rooms) in a monastery. The open spaces Hooke observed were empty, but he and others suggested these spaces might be used for fluid transport in living plants. He did not propose, and gave no indication that he believed, that these structures represented the basic unit of living organisms.
Leeuwenhoek (1672) assembled a simple microscope and observed bacteria, protozoa, red blood cells etc.
Schleiden and Schwann proposed the cell theory.
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.
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