MCQ
The first person to see the live cell under the microscope was:
  • A
    Robert Brown.
  • B
    Robert Hook.
  • C
    Altmann.
  • D
    Leeuwenhoek.

Answer

  1. Leeuwenhoek.

Explanation:

The cell walls observed by Hooke gave no indication of the nucleus and other organelles found in most living cells. The first man to witness a live cell under a microscope was Anton van Leeuwenhoek, who in 1674 described the algae Spirogyra.

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