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Who discovered the cell and who first observed living cells?
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Answer
Robert Hooke discovered the cell in 1665 while examining a thin slice of cork under his microscope, and he named the compartments cells. Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the first to observe living cells, including bacteria and protozoa.
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Explanation
Hooke saw only the empty walls of dead cork cells.
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