Which of the following in an incorrect match regarding important discoveries?
A
Robert Hook - 1659
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B
A V Leeuwenhoek - 1674
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C
Purkinje - 1839
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D
Robert Brown - 1831
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Solution
The correct option is A Robert Hook - 1659 It was in the year 1665 when Robert Hooke made this chance observation through a self-designed microscope. Robert Hooke called these boxes cells. Cell is a Latin word for ‘a little room’.