Question

Robert Hooke_________.

• A. Lived in the 19${}^{th}$ century.
• B. Observed cork cells.
• C. Invented lens.
• D. Constructed a microscope.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Robert Hooke discovered cell in the year 1665. He observed cork cell in the bark of Spanish oak tree under a simple microscope and was able to see the empty structures surrounded by walls and named it a cell. He elucidated his observation in a book called "Micrographia".