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I'm sorry i can't remember his name i think it was Thomas Hooke but I'm not sure. He (or whoever it is) looked at cork and saw the small little boxes. He thought it looked like jail cells so he called them cells.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoAnton van leeuwenhoek named cells after studying blood and bacteria with his microscope
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∙ 14y agoRobert Hooke discovered cells in 1665 when he looked at a piece of cork through a microscope. He called the pores cells because they reminded him of monestary cells (where monks live).
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∙ 16y agoMatthias Jakob Schleiden and Theodor Schwann developed "the cell theory" in 1839.
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∙ 12y agoRobert Hooke took a piece of cork, put it under a primitive microscope and saw the squares within it that he said reminded him of the cells in monasteries where monks lived.
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anton van leeuwenhoek discoverd cell and tells why is named them cells
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∙ 11y agoProbably someone who's surname was cell
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When was the plant cell discovered?
Cells were discovered by Robert Hooke in 1663, who observed cells in tree bark.
Walter Sutton discovered that sex cells of grasshoppers have?
He discovered that grasshoppers only have half the number of chromosomes in the body cells.
What obstacles did Gregor Mendel face?
Matthias Schleiden discovered plant living cells and his obstacles were to become famous from discovered cells.
When where human body cells discovered?
after peole had it
What cells discovered of Felix Dujardin?
The cells that Felix found are: -Bacteria -Sperm Cells -Cytoplasm,etc.
Which scientist discovered cells in plants?
Robert Hooke is the scientist that discovered cells in plants.
How do you say how Robert Hooke discovered cells in a paragraph?
"Robert Hooke discovered cells in a paragraph?"
When was it discovered that cells divide?
It was discovered that cells could divided in 1961. If i find out exactly when they divide than i will post it as soon as i do
Who discovered that living things are composed of cells?
Robert Hooke discovered that living things are composed of cells.
When was plant cell was discovered?
Cells were discovered by Robert Hooke in 1663, who observed cells in tree bark.
When was the plant cell discovered?
Cells were discovered by Robert Hooke in 1663, who observed cells in tree bark.
Who is a discover a cells?
If you mean "Who first discovered cells" the answer would be Robert Hooke. He first discovered cells by looking at cork under a microscope.
Why were cells invented?
cells were not invented, they were discovered by Robert Hooke.
Who discovered all cells come from cells?
Rudolf Virchow
Walter Sutton discovered that sex cells of grasshoppers have?
He discovered that grasshoppers only have half the number of chromosomes in the body cells.
Who discovered plantcells and when?
Mathias Schleiden discovered the plant cells in 1838
Approximately how many years elapsed between the time cells were discovered and the observation of cell parts in muscle cells?
Cells were discovered in 1665 and the observation of cell parts in muscle cells was discovered in 1857. So it would have been roughly 192 years.
