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Robert Hooke was the scientist that coined the term cell. He discovered a cell structure back in the year of 1665.

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Robert Hooke

He named the cells because when he saw them under a microscope they reminded him of the rooms in the monastery that were called "cells".

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Robert Hooke named them cells because the cork cells he observed reminded him of the monks chambers or cells.

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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