Question

explain the history of discovery of cell ​

Answer 1

Answer:

The cell was first discovered and named by Robert Hooke in 1665. He remarked that it looked strangely similar to cellula or small rooms which monks inhabited, thus deriving the name. However what Hooke actually saw was the dead cell walls of plant cells (cork) as it appeared under the microscope.

Answer 2

✯ Account on Cell Discovery ✯

• ➸ An English botanist Robot Hooks in 1655 examined the slices of a dried section of cork under a microscope.

• ➸ 1839, the German botanist Matthias Jacob Schleiden and the German psychologist Theodor Schwann, together proposed the cell theory.

✯ Postulate of cell theory ✯

• ➸ All the living organisms are composed of cells. It is the basic structural and functional unit of life.

• ➸ All the cells are produced by the division of pre-existing cells. This phenomenon is called reproduction of cells

• ➸ The structure of all the living organisms is determined by the organisation of these small unit called cells.