Who Discovered the Cell?

The cell was initially discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665 using a microscope. He observed tiny structures in cork and called them “cells” because they reminded him of the small rooms in monasteries.

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The understanding of cells as the basic building blocks of life was further developed by German scientists Theodor Schwann and Matthias Jakob Schleiden in the 1830s. They proposed the cell theory, which states that all living organisms are composed of cells.

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