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Who discovered the cell for the first time in 1665?
ARobert Brown
BRobert Hooke
CAntonie van Leeuwenhoek
DPurkinje
✓ Correct Answer: B — Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke observed thin slices of cork under a microscope and coined the term 'cell' because they looked like small rooms.
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