First observed cells were plant cells. Robert Hook observed cork cells.
Matthias Schleiden first observed plant cells, or at least first came up with a part of cell theory including cells.
Robert Hooke first observed cells in cork.
Anton Von Leeuwenhoek observed the first living cell in around 1674,although Robert Hooke observed a dead cell in 1663.
The cells that were first seen were nonliving.
Robert Hooke is credited with being the scientist who first observed cells under a microscope. He observed and described cells in a thin slice of cork in his book "Micrographia" published in 1665.
The cell was first discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665, which can be found to be The cells in animal tissues were observed after plants.
Robert Hook observed cells first. He used a simple microscope
Robert Hooke first observed cells in cork.
Scientists first thought of them as small animals. They first observed cells using the microscope and the work of many scientists led to the development of the cell theory.
Robert Hooke observed the dead cells of the cork tree when he looked at a thin slice of cork under his microscope in 1665. This led to the first documented observation of cells in plant tissue, which he described as "cells" due to their resemblance to the cells in a monastery's living quarters.
The scientist who first observed cells was Robert Hooke. He observed cells in a piece of cork under a microscope in the 17th century and coined the term "cell" to describe the small compartments he saw.