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Who discovered cells and how ?

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Robert Hooke discovered cells in 1665. He was observing thin slices of cork under primitive microscope. He saw honeycomb like structures which looked like little rooms. (In Latin, cell means small tiny room.) Robert Hooke named these compartments as cells.
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