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After observing a thin slice of cork, Robert Hooke reported to the world that life's smallest structural units were "little boxes". Hooke was able to see individual cells. NOW, Anton van Leeuwnhoek was probably the first actually to observe live microorganisms.

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The first living cells were observed by?

Anton Von Leeuwenhoek observed the first living cell in around 1674,although Robert Hooke observed a dead cell in 1663.


When were the first living cells observed?

The cells that were first seen were nonliving.


Who observed living cells in pond water?

anton van leeuwenhoek


Robert observed cells under a microscope were they living or nonliving?

Nonliving


Who observed the dead cells of the cork tree?

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.


Who discovered free-living cells and how?

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is credited with discovering free-living cells using his single-lens microscope in the 17th century. He observed various microorganisms, including bacteria and protozoa, in samples of water and other materials.


In 1665 Robert hooke observed a thin slice of cork under a microscope and presented a drawing similar to the one shown hooke called the structres he observed?

cell walls


What happened in 1673 that had to do with cells?

In 1673 Anton van Leeuwenhoek, who was a Dutch scientist, discovered animalcules. The animalcules were living cells that he observed in water from a pond.


What organelles did robert Hooke see?

Robert Hooke observed and named cells, the basic unit of all living organisms. He also saw cell walls, vacuoles, and nuclei within the cells he observed using a microscope.


Which one of the cells was studied first?

First observed cells were plant cells. Robert Hook observed cork cells.


What early piece of evidence supporting the cell theory was the observation?

One observation of early scientists that supports the cell theory is that all cells divide which was observed in 1855. The other observation was that living things contain cells which was observed in 1839 by Theodor Schwann.


What was Roberts hookes accomplishments?

Robert Hooke was the first person to discover cells, but what he was observing was a dead plant cell. The first person who observed living cells was Leeuwenhoek.