AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell by Hooke. While looking at cork, Hooke observed box-shaped structures, which he called “cells” as they reminded him of the cells, or rooms, in monasteries. This discovery led to the development of the classical cell theory .

Detailed explanation-2: -Background: Important Figures in Cell History: Robert Hooke was an English scientist who looked at a thin slice of cork (oak cork) through a compound microscope. He observed tiny, hollow, room-like structures that he called ‘cells’ because they reminded him of the rooms that the monks lived in.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hooke devised the compound microscope and illumination system shown above, one of the best such microscopes of his time, and used it in his demonstrations at the Royal Society’s meetings.

Detailed explanation-4: -Robert Hooke discovered cell in the year 1665. He observed cork cell in the bark of Spanish oak tree under a simple microscope and was able to see the empty structures surrounded by walls and named it a cell. He elucidated his observation in a book called “Micrographia".