Robert Hooke
he discovered cells while looking at cork.
Thin slices of cork
If you mean "Who first discovered cells" the answer would be Robert Hooke. He first discovered cells by looking at cork under a microscope.
Robert Hooke first discovered cells in cork tissue under the microscope in 1665. He described them as small, box-like compartments, resembling the cells of a monastery where monks lived, giving rise to the term "cell."
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke discovered and named cells while observing a thin slice of cork under a microscope in the 17th century. He described them as resembling the cells of a monastery, giving rise to the term "cells."
Anton von Leewenhook discovered cells, those ones specifically being cork cells.
He discovered it in 1665
cork slice under a microscope in 1665. He named them "cells" due to their resemblance to small rooms or monk cells. This discovery laid the foundation for the field of cytology.
Robert Hooke discovered the cork cell in 1665 when he examined a thin slice of cork under a primitive microscope he had made. He observed a series of empty box-like structures which he termed "cells" because they reminded him of the cells in a monastery. This discovery is considered one of the first observations of cells in biological specimens.
Cells are the basic units of structure in a living thing and I beilieve Robert Hooke discovered them while looking under a microscope and found dead cork cells.
Cells were first discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665 while examining a slice of cork through his self designed microscope.