Who first saw and described a live cell?

Robert Hooke

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Anton Von Leeuwenhoek

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Robert Brown

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Matthias Schleiden

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Solution

The correct option is B Anton Von Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke discovered the cell in 1665. Robert Hooke observed a piece of bottle cork under a compound microscope and noticed dead cells.

Anton Von Leeuwenhoek first saw and described a live cell. Robert Brown later discovered the nucleus. Matthias Schleiden and Schwann together proposed the cell theory.

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	Column I		Column II
A	Anton Von Leeuwenhoek	i	Omnis cellula-e cellula
B	Robert Brown	ii	Formulated the first cell theory
C	Schleiden and Schwann	iii	Discovered the nucleus
D	Rudolf Virchow	iv	First saw and described a live cell