The term 'cell' was coined in 1665 by:
ALeeuwenhoek (saw living microbes)
BRobert Hooke (looked at cork)
CSchleiden + Schwann (cell theory)
DRudolf Virchow (cells from cells)
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Robert Hooke (looked at cork)
Robert HOOKE (1665) coined 'cell' while looking at cork tissue (dead cells, only walls visible). Leeuwenhoek saw the first LIVING cells (microbes) in 1674. Cell theory came in 1838-39.
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