Biology
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Medium
Question
Who discovered the living cell first time?
A
Robert brown
B
Robert hooke
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C
Rudolf virchow
D
Antoni van leeuwenhoek
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A
Robert brown
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B
Robert hooke
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C
Rudolf virchow
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D
Antoni van leeuwenhoek
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Explanation
Robert Hooke first observed and named plant cells in 1665 while examining cork under a microscope, though these were dead, empty cell walls. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is generally credited with being the first to observe living cells, including bacteria and protozoa, using his own single-lens microscopes.