The first person to see the 'live cell' under the microscope was

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Robert Hook

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Leeuwenhoek

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The correct option is C Leeuwenhoek
The cell walls observed by Hooke gave no indication of the nucleus and other organelles found in most living cells. The first man to witness a live cell under a microscope was Anton van Leeuwenhoek, who in 1674 described the algae Spirogyra.

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