alleryThe first person to see and describe a living cell was:
ALeeuwenhoek
BRobert Brown
CRobert Hooke
DRudolf Virchow
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Leeuwenhoek
1. The microscope made the first sighting possible.
2. Anton Von Leeuwenhoek first saw and described a live cell.
3. So the correct answer is Leeuwenhoek.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Ch 8 'Cell: The Unit of Life'_
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