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jan 1, 1665 - Cell first observed

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Robert Hooke, discovered a honeycomb-like structure in a cork slice using a primitive compound microscope. He only saw cell walls as this was dead tissue. He coined the term "cell" for these individual compartments he saw.

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jan 1, 1665
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~ 361 years ago