Question

who discovered cell and how?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Robert Hooke

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

Answer: Cell was discovered by Robert Hook in 1665. He was studying a thin slice of dead crock under a microscope, he observed small compartments joined together as honeycomb-like structure, which was named cell. The cell seen by Hook were only the empty spaces of the dead cell.