alleryWhich scientist first observed cells in cork slices?
ARobert Hooke
BRobert Brown
CSchleiden
DSchwann
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke (1665) observed dead cork tissue under a microscope, saw box-like compartments, and coined the term 'cell'.
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