Who among the following first discovered cell ?

Who among the following first discovered cell ?

Robert Brown
Robert Hooke
Leeuwenhoek
Rudolf Virchow
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UPSC NDA-1 – 2018
Robert Hooke was the first person to observe and describe cells.
In 1665, Robert Hooke published his book “Micrographia”, where he described his observations using a microscope. He examined a thin slice of cork and observed small, box-like compartments, which he called “cells” because they reminded him of the rooms (cells) in a monastery.
Robert Brown discovered the nucleus in plant cells in 1831. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a contemporary of Hooke, made significant improvements to microscopes and was the first to observe living cells, including bacteria and protozoa, which he called “animalcules”. Rudolf Virchow is known for his contribution to cell theory with the principle “omnis cellula e cellula”.