THE CELL
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE CELL
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Robert Hook
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Robert Brown Robert Brown
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Robert Hill Robert Hill
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Detailed explanation-1: -The nucleus of the cell was discovered by Robert Brown. It was first described by Franz Bauer in 1804 and in more detail in 1831 by Scottish botanist Robert Brown in a talk at the Linnean Society of London.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1831, while investigating the fertilization mechanisms of plants in the Orchidaceae and Asclepiadaceae families, he noted the existence of a structure within the cells of orchids, as well as many other plants, that he termed the “nucleus” of the cell.
Detailed explanation-3: -Robert Brown discovered nucleus in 1831.
Detailed explanation-4: -May, 1911: Rutherford and the Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus.
Detailed explanation-5: -Robert Brown coined the term ‘nucleus’ in 1831. He first observed the nucleus in the epidermis of the orchids as an opaque spot.