MCQ
Who first saw and described a live cell?
- ARobert Hooke.
- BRobert Brown.
- CGregor Mendel.
- ✓Anton von Leeuwenhoek.
✓
Answer
Correct option: D.
Anton von Leeuwenhoek.
The first man to witness a live cell under a microscope was Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who described the algae, Spirogyra, in $1674$. He named that cell as animalcules. He is also known as father of microbiology, as he was first to study the microorganism.
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