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Cells got their unique name from an English physicist named Robert Hooke. He discovered cells when he was using one the the first light microscopes to look at thin slices of plant tissue. As he continued to look at the plant tissue, one in particular caught his eye. This was a sample of cork, he thought the cork looked like it was made up of thousands of tiny little chambers, which he called cells. He called them this because they reminded him of the tiny rooms in a monestary, which were also called cells.

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