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  2. May 3, 2024 · In 1665 Robert Hooke published what would become his most famous work, Micrographia (”Small Drawings”). In it he included his studies and illustrations of the crystal structure of snowflakes and first used the word cell to name the microscopic honeycomb cavities in cork.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_HookeRobert Hooke - Wikipedia

    5 days ago · Robert Hooke FRS (/ h ʊ k /; 18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect. He is credited as one of the first scientists to investigate living things at microscopic scale in 1665, [6] using a compound microscope that he designed. [7]

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  4. Cell theory states that all organisms are made of at least one cell, the cell is the basic unit of life, and all cells arise from preexisting cells. Major contributors to cell theory are Robert Hooke, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Matthias Schleiden, Theodor Schwann, and Rudolf Virchow.

  5. Apr 30, 2024 · Although the first observation of cells was made by Robert Hooke in 1665, observing a sheet of cork, the cell theory did not begin to formulate until 1838. The cell theory is formulated in the first place thanks to observations and formulations of Theodor Schwann (physiologist) and Matthias Schleiden (botanist) .

  6. Apr 26, 2024 · The discovery of cells is credited to Robert Hooke, an English scientist, who in 1665 observed slices of cork through a microscope he had refined. He noticed tiny, pore-like structures, which he described as “cells” because they reminded him of the cells (rooms) in a monastery.

  7. May 4, 2024 · Cell theory had its roots in the physicist and astronomer Robert Hooke’s first depiction published in Micrographia in 1665. Before Hooke, in the seventeenth century, all living forms were thought to depend on vitalism.

  8. Apr 21, 2024 · Although cells were first observed in the 1660s by Robert Hooke, cell theory was not well accepted for another 200 years. The work of scientists such as Schleiden, Schwann, Remak, and Virchow …

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