Question

The living cells were first discovered by _____________.

• A. Robert Brown
• B. Felice Fontana
• C. Robert Hooke
  
• D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Answer 1

The correct option is D Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke first observed dead cells in a thin slice of cork.
• The living cells were first discovered by Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. He observed different living cells such as bacteria, yeast, protozoa and red blood cells.
• Felice Fontana observed nucleus in the epithelial cells of animal body.
• Robert Brown termed nucleus and claimed it as an integral part of the cell.