Who first saw and described a live cell?

Robert Hooke

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Robert Brown

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Gregor Mendel

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Anton von Leeuwenhoek

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Solution

The correct option is D Anton von Leeuwenhoek
The first man to witness a live cell under a microscope was Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who described the algae, Spirogyra, in 1674. He named that cell as animalcules. He is also known as father of microbiology, as he was first to study the microorganism.
So, the correct answer is option D.

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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

Who discovered cells first ,Robert Hooke or Leeuwenhoek ,was it living or dead cell

Column - I	Column - II
A. Leeuwenhoek	(i) First saw and described a living cell
B. Robert Brown	(ii) Presence of cell wall is unique to plant cells
C. Schleiden	(iii) Discovered the nucleus
D. Schwann	(iv) All plants are composed of different kinds of cell

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