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I think it was Anton van Leeuwenhoek who first described cells.
Robert Hooke, an English scientist, was the first to describe the appearance of cells in his book "Micrographia" published in 1665. He used a primitive microscope to observe cork cells, and coined the term "cell" based on the resemblance to small rooms monks lived in, called cells.
The scientist who first used the word "cell" to describe the basic unit of life was Robert Hooke. In 1665, he observed cork cells under a microscope and coined the term "cell" based on their resemblance to tiny rooms or cells in a monastery.
A British scientist, by the name of Robert Hooke, first coined the term "cell" in 1665 when he used a microscope to examine a thin slice of cork from the bark of an oak tree. He was comparing the compartments to the rooms that the monks slept in, which were called cells.
The first scientist to observe cells under a simple microscope was Robert Hooke in the 17th century. In 1665, Hooke used a compound microscope to examine a thin slice of cork and described the cells he observed as resembling tiny rooms or cells, giving rise to the term "cell."
The name of the first scientist who used the term element was Johan Gadolin in the year 1760.
The first scientist to identify and name cells was Robert Hooke. In 1665, he used a simple microscope to examine a thin slice of cork and observed structures that he called "cells" due to their resemblance to small rooms or cells monks lived in.
The scientist who used his microscope to discover plant cells was Robert Hooke. He made this discovery in 1665 when he observed thin slices of cork under a microscope and described the cells he saw as resembling small rooms or cells, leading to the term "cell" being used in biology.
Now is considered that Plato used for the first time the word element.
PURKINJIE. ---------- Jan Evanghelista Purkyne was a wellknown Czech physiologist (1787-1869). He discovered Purkyne cells, Purkyne fibres, Purkyne images, etc.
Robert Hooke fave this name to the cells he saw in a piece of cork becuse the reminded him of the cells that monks live in. They, like many plant cells, were square. If he had seen an animal cell the name may have not been " cell. "
The invention of the microscope allowed the first view of cells. English physicist and microscopist Robert Hooke (1635-1702) first described cells in 1665. ... of cork and likened the boxy partitions he observed to the cells (small rooms) in a ... plant cells and established the presence of cellular structures throughout the plant.