Robert Hooke discovered cells while looking at the cork cells.
Step-by-step explanation:
- Robert Hooke, was the first person to discover cell.
- When he observed cells he saw only the cell wall as the cells were dead and lacked the protoplasm.
- He coined the term 'cell' in 1665
- Robert Hooke discovered the simple microscope.
- Robert hooke also deviced law of elasticity known as Hooke's Law.