INTRODUCTION TO MICROSCOPY CELL BIOLOGY
MICROSCOPY
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Question
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Person who first observed living cells using a compound microscope
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Janssen
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Leeuwenhoek
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Hooke
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Brown
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Anton von Leeuwenhoek was the first one who discovered free-living cells of algae in water in 1674. Anton von Leeuwenhoek invented the compound microscope and was the first to see free-living cells.
Detailed explanation-2: -Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, (born October 24, 1632, Delft, Netherlands-died August 26, 1723, Delft), Dutch microscopist who was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa.
Detailed explanation-3: -Leeuwenhoek is universally acknowledged as the father of microbiology. He discovered both protists and bacteria [1]. More than being the first to see this unimagined world of ‘animalcules’, he was the first even to think of looking-certainly, the first with the power to see.
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