What scientist observed cork under a microscope and came up with the term cells?

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BRIAN M.
Mar 23, 2016

Robert Hooke was the natural philosopher who coined the term cell as the samples of cork he viewed resembled the rooms, "cells" of a monastery.

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Robert Hooke was the natural philosopher who coined the term cell as the samples of cork he viewed resembled the rooms "cells" of a monastery. He also reported seeing these same structures in other plant tissue he viewed as he confirmed the work of Anton van Leeuwenhoek.

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