Correct answer: B). Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke in 1665 discovered the cell when he was experimenting on the piece of cork under the microscope. He came to know that cork was made up of the small chamber, which were surrounded by walls. He named these chambers as a cell.
The cell is the basic functional and structural unit of all the living organisms. The discovery of cell is impossible without the discovery of microscope.l
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